20.04 - Google Chrome Display Glitches after wake up

Question

If I had chrome opened, and I put my laptop to sleep. When I log back in, google chrome's display gets distorted and becomes black (seen in screenshot below).

All tabs becomes black and when I move the mouse over the black spaces, the black squares move.

This problem started happening when I upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release:    20.04
Codename:   focal

I'm using NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] and Nvidia 440 driver.

i can confirm this behavior with latest Chrome and Nvidia on Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS. — N0rbert, Sep 05 '20 at 16:59
Have you submitted a bug? I confirm exactly the same bug on Thinkpad P14s (NVIDIA Corporation GP108GLM [Quadro P520] (rev a1)) — Alek Kowalczyk, Sep 05 '20 at 19:20
Same bug happens but it affects everything, if I tried to use an application with a list and tries to scroll, graphics become glitchy in this area. I get this bug on bıth elementaryos and popos with mx150 and 440 drivers. — Murat Angın, Sep 06 '20 at 09:51
I haven't submitted a bug yet, II wasn't sure if it was only happening to me. — Lambasoft, Sep 07 '20 at 08:41
Can confirm the same issue on Ubuntu 20 and Chrome Version 85.0.4183.83 on a system with GeForce MX150 and running NVIDIA driver 440.100 I had previously faced this issue on Ubuntu 16, some months ago, and it was resolved by using a older version of the NVIDIA driver. This did not work for me this time around, though. — dotdeb, Sep 07 '20 at 16:06
According to [this](https://askubuntu.com/a/1272298/669558) using the older 435 driver solved the issue. I tried changing it again myself and the issue has not replicated yet. Maybe you can try it as well? — dotdeb, Sep 07 '20 at 16:31
Same issue on ubuntu 20.04 with chrome Version 85.0.4183.83 (Official Build) (64-bit) and GeForce GTX 970 with Nvidia Driver Version 440.100. — Dark Templar, Sep 07 '20 at 18:48
Go to `chrome://flags` and enable `ignore-gpu-blacklist` and `enable-vulkan`. Works like a charm! — alexeydemin, Sep 20 '20 at 02:12
[This post](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1271103/ubuntu-20-04-display-glitches-after-wake-up) suggests disabling hardware integration in Chrome's settings. Worked for me with Ubuntu 20.04 and GeForce GTX650 Ti. — Ooberdan, Sep 24 '20 at 18:59
@alexeydemin You should post that as the answer below! This problem has been driving me crazy for weeks, and that finally fixed it — David Snopek, Oct 01 '20 at 17:03
Does this answer your question? [Problems with Chrome browser after suspending the computer on Ubuntu 20.04](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1273399/problems-with-chrome-browser-after-suspending-the-computer-on-ubuntu-20-04) — BeastOfCaerbannog, Nov 03 '20 at 18:02

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '20 at 02:59

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I tried the enable-vulkan option which worked but I ended up having a lot of lag. I found another option that is to add --use-cmd-decoder=validating --use-gl=desktop when launching.

I.e. I copied the /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications and edited the Exec line to add those options.

answered Oct 09 '20 at 02:59

Justin

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Other's previous solutions didn't work for me. I'd like to try yours. Can you copy/paste your exact exec= line? – Seek Truth Oct 27 '20 at 18:52
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`Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --use-cmd-decoder=validating --use-gl=desktop %U` There's 3 Exec lines you'll need to modify to get "New Window" and "New Incognito Window" – Justin Oct 28 '20 at 02:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 03 '20 at 18:01

I copied /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications, by running:

sudo cp /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

Then I gave myself the property of ~/.local/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop, by running:

sudo chown $USER: ~/.local/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

And replaced each occurence (there must probably be 3) of /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable by /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --use-cmd-decoder=validating --use-gl=desktop (keeping whatever comes before or after exactly like it is already), by running:

sed -i -e 's/\/usr\/bin\/google-chrome-stable/\/usr\/bin\/google-chrome-stable --use-cmd-decoder=validating --use-gl=desktop/g ~/.local/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

And now it works without having to disable hardware acceleration!

20.04 - Google Chrome Display Glitches after wake up

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