Hardware acceleration stopped to work with the update of Chromium to Version 43.0.2357.81 Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit). Firefox is working fine. I use the xorg edgers PPA and run Ubuntu 14.04 on a laptop with Intel HD Graphics 4000.
chrome://gpu/ Version Information Data exported 6/13/2015, 1:36:53 AM Chrome version Chrome/43.0.2357.81 Operating system Linux 3.19.0-20-generic Software rendering list version 0 Driver bug list version 8.06 ANGLE commit id unknown hash 2D graphics backend Skia Command Line Args --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=13.0.0.206 --enable-pinch --flag-switches-begin --ignore-gpu-blacklist --flag-switches-end Driver Information Initialization time 0 Sandboxed false GPU0 VENDOR = 0x10de, DEVICE= 0x0fd4 GPU1 VENDOR = 0x8086, DEVICE= 0x0166 Optimus true AMD switchable false Driver vendor Mesa Driver version 10.6.0 Driver date Pixel shader version Vertex shader version Machine model name Machine model version GL_VENDOR Intel Open Source Technology Center GL_RENDERER Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile GL_VERSION 3.0 Mesa 10.6.0-rc2 GL_EXTENSIONS Window system binding vendor Window system binding version Window system binding extensions Window manager Compiz XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP Unity GDMSESSION ubuntu Compositing manager Yes Direct rendering Yes Reset notification strategy 0x0000 GPU process crash count 0 -- 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/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
