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* debian/patches/all_gpus_blacklisted: AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA cards all contribute to the largest crash report in errors.ubuntu.com. Let's disable GPUs for now. are they joking? At least blacklist them by default and let user decide if they wanna enable them without sending error reports or masking them -- 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