I just installed the "normal" Chrome version from Google (version 43.0.2357.125 (64-bit)) just to notice that GPU acceleration seems to work with this browser. I'll attach the chrome://gpu/ flags from the normal Chrome browser here as well:
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Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1463598 Title: Chromium 43 fails to use hardware acceleration Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After installing package chromium-browser 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089 hardware acceleration becomes disabled. I had no problem with previous chromium version. Console output: jose@jose:~$ chromium-browser [3150:3191:0609/190556:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(134)] Failed to launch GPU process. [3150:3150:0609/190556:ERROR:url_pattern_set.cc(240)] Invalid url pattern: chrome://print/* [3150:3191:0609/190556:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(134)] Failed to launch GPU process. [3150:3191:0609/190556:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(134)] Failed to launch GPU process. chrome://gpu: 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_chromium_framebuffer_multisample 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 - - - Actually GPU access is *not* disabled from settings. Workarounds like "--disable-gpu-sandbox" or "LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=1" didn't helped at all. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1463598/+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
