I'm seeing the same on a laptop running trusty with an intel GM965 GPU. Version 53 has hardware-accelerated support for most graphic features, version 58 doesn't.
The "problems detected" section of chrome://gpu says: Mesa drivers older than 10.4.3 is crash prone on Linux Intel i965gm: 462426 And it links to https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=462426. Trusty has mesa 10.1.3. So this is expected. @indigocat: would you mind attaching the entire output of chrome://gpu (can be saved as an html page)? ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687213 Title: All video acceleration flags *disabled* in Chromium 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172, tearing ensues Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hello, ElementaryOS running vanilla Ubuntu 14.04 kernel 3.13.0-117-generic and xserver-xorg-lts-trusty. I upgraded chromium-browser to version 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 last night, and all video acceleration flags are absent from the version, even after enabling hardware acceleration and ignoring GPU blacklist: 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: Force enabled Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled Rasterization: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable Video Encode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable VPx Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable WebGL: Unavailable WebGL2: Unavailable Version 53 worked without tearing, even without enabling hardware acceleration or ignoring GPU blacklist. Please let me know what other information you need from me to help. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.3.2 Package: chromium-browser 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 [origin: Ubuntu] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-117.164-generic 3.13.11-ckt39 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-117-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23 Architecture: i386 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: Pantheon Date: Sat Apr 29 14:05:03 2017 Desktop-Session: 'pantheon' '/etc/xdg/xdg-pantheon:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/pantheon:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/' Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-19 (68 days ago) InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.3.2 "Freya" - Stable i386 (20151209) Load-Avg-1min: 1.78 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.2% MachineType: PACKARD BELL BV EasyNote_MX36 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-117-generic root=UUID=38f5c291-fa81-4fa3-995a-c99b73d5d639 ro quiet splash radeon.dpm=1 vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: chromium-browser ThirdParty: True UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/23/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 303 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: EasyNote_MX36 dmi.board.vendor: PACKARD BELL BV dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: PACKARD BELL BV dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr303:bd03/23/2007:svnPACKARDBELLBV:pnEasyNote_MX36:pvrPB90E031B3:rvnPACKARDBELLBV:rnEasyNote_MX36:rvr1.0:cvnPACKARDBELLBV:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: EasyNote_MX36 dmi.product.version: PB90E031B3 dmi.sys.vendor: PACKARD BELL BV gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Elementary\n' modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1687213/+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
