Seems the following behavior started after dnf update to the 6.18
kernel and all subsequent minor revs.
After initial startup or after reboot, Chromium-based browsers start
and run fine. Second attempt results in following, only resolved
with another reboot:
user@localhost:~$ google-chrome-stable
radeon: Failed to allocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: alignment : 4096 bytes
radeon: domains : 4
radeon: va : 0x0000000100000000
radeon: Failed to deallocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: va : 0x100000000
radeon: Failed to allocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: alignment : 4096 bytes
radeon: domains : 4
radeon: va : 0x0000000100000000
radeon: Failed to deallocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: va : 0x100000000
radeonsi: error: can't create border_color_buffer
radeonsi: error: Failed to create a context.
Created TensorFlow Lite XNNPACK delegate for CPU.
[9095:9095:0125/123845.017117:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:1004]
GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
radeon: Failed to allocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: alignment : 4096 bytes
radeon: domains : 4
radeon: va : 0x0000000100000000
radeon: Failed to deallocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: va : 0x100000000
radeon: Failed to allocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: alignment : 4096 bytes
radeon: domains : 4
radeon: va : 0x0000000100000000
radeon: Failed to deallocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: va : 0x100000000
radeonsi: error: can't create border_color_buffer
radeonsi: error: Failed to create a context.
[9095:9095:0125/123846.859251:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:1004]
GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
radeon: Failed to allocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: alignment : 4096 bytes
radeon: domains : 4
radeon: va : 0x0000000100000000
radeon: Failed to deallocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: va : 0x100000000
radeon: Failed to allocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: alignment : 4096 bytes
radeon: domains : 4
radeon: va : 0x0000000100000000
radeon: Failed to deallocate virtual address for buffer:
radeon: size : 65536 bytes
radeon: va : 0x100000000
radeonsi: error: can't create border_color_buffer
radeonsi: error: Failed to create a context.
[9095:9095:0125/123848.665358:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:1004]
GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[9095:9095:0125/123848.665415:FATAL:content/browser/gpu/gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc:415]
GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
[0125/123848.708552:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64]
tag not found
[0125/123848.710446:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64]
tag not found
[0125/123848.712883:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64]
tag not found
[0125/123848.713955:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64]
tag not found
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) google-chrome-stable
user@localhost:~$ lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake-H GT2 [HD
Graphics 530] (rev 06)
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Dell Device 06e0
Kernel driver in use: i915
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01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cape
Verde PRO / Venus LE / Tropo PRO-L [Radeon HD 8830M / R7 250 / R7 M465X] (rev
87)
Subsystem: Dell Device 06e0
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu
user@localhost:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for user:
*-display
description: Display controller
product: Cape Verde PRO / Venus LE / Tropo PRO-L [Radeon HD
8830M / R7 250 / R7 M465X]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 87
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
resources: irq:140 memory:c0000000-cfffffff
memory:ec300000-ec33ffff ioport:e000(size=256) memory:ec340000-ec35ffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Skylake-H GT2 [HD Graphics 530]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master
cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:141 memory:eb000000-ebffffff
memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
user@localhost:~$ uname -a
Linux localhost 6.18.6-200.fc43.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Jan
18 18:57:00 UTC 2026 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@localhost:~$ printf 'Desktop: %s\nSession: %s\n'
"$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" "$GDMSESSION"
Desktop: X-Cinnamon
Session: cinnamon
What I've done based on Ms. Google's suggestions (all no-joy, same
result):
-Start in incognito mode
-Move .config/google-chrome folder(s) and remove profiles
-dnf remove google-chrome-stable and reinstall
-Disable hardware acceleration in Chrome
Mozilla browsers work as expected.
Suggestions on what to do next? Seems it's a radeon driver thing to my
untrained eye? Is this a kernel or driver bug that needs to be filed?
Thanks - Glenn
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