On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 4:25 AM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko(a)greshko.com> wrote:
> It appears that by disabling gpu when calling Chrome, the problem
is fixed:
>
> google-chrome-stable --disable-gpu
>
> I will confirm that later.
Well, if that does fix your problem then the obvious follow-up question would be.....
What is your Video Hardware and drivers.
Yes, Ed, I can now confirm that disabling gpu when calling Chrome
fizes the problem.
My video hardware and drivers are below.
Thanks,
Paul
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$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
[AMD/ATI] RV710 [Radeon HD 4350/4550]
Subsystem: Dell Device 904e
Kernel driver in use: radeon
$
$ grep driver /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 64.635] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[ 65.083] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 65.083] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 65.083] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 65.083] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 65.083] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 65.083] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 65.206] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[ 65.247] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[ 65.377] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 65.425] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 65.449] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 65.476] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 65.476] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 65.730] (II) RADEON(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: r600
[ 65.730] (II) RADEON(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: r600
[ 71.825] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[ 71.825] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 73.220] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 73.221] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 73.222] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'USB Optical Mouse'
[ 73.224] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 73.225] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Dell Dell USB Entry
Keyboard'
[ 73.226] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 73.226] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 73.227] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 73.227] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 73.228] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 73.228] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 73.229] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 73.229] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
$