fast'n'dirty patch sudo sed -i's/Exec=chromium-browser/Exec=env LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=1 chromium-browser/g' /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop It is possible you have to apply the patch to ~/.local/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1377220 Title: Google Chrome crash with mesa 10.3 on Intel GPU Status in “mesa” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I start google-chrome on my Ubuntu 14.10 system the process it uses to test for a working GPU crashes and then Chrome falls back to software rendering. In chrome://gpu/ I get: Graphics Feature Status Canvas: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable Flash: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable Flash Stage3D: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable Compositing: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable Multiple Raster Threads: Unavailable Rasterization: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable Threaded Rasterization: Unavailable Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable Video Encode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable WebGL: Unavailable Driver Bug Workarounds clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use count_all_in_varyings_packing disable_ext_occlusion_query disable_post_sub_buffers_for_onscreen_surfaces scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args Problems Detected GPU process was unable to boot: GPU access is disabled in chrome://settings. Disabled Features: all [...] In Ubuntu 14.04 (and also previous versions), on the same laptop, the exact same Google Chrome used to work perfectly with GPU acceleration. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-20.27-generic 3.16.3 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-20-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Scanning for Btrfs filesystems * Setting sensors limits [240G [234G[ OK ] * Setting up X socket directories... [240G [234G[ OK ] CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,staticswitcher,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,dbus] CompositorRunning: kwin CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Oct 3 17:48:09 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: utopic DistroVariant: kubuntu EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: No GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0494] MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6520 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-20-generic root=UUID=749a9901-bdd3-4b5f-b80e-69414667e058 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: mesa UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/14/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A19 dmi.board.name: 0NVF5K dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA19:bd11/14/2013:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6520:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0NVF5K:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6520 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140918-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3.0-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3.0-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.0-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Oct 2 13:54:36 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 8685 vendor AUO xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1377220/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp