[SOLVED] chome://gpu differs if user is root

vae77 · 2014-08-31 05:43:14

My video card:
Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
(I also have a NVIDIA GF117M, but chrome gpu acceleration does not seem to work at all with it)

chrome://gpu with root:

Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Hardware accelerated
Flash: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
Compositing: Hardware accelerated
Rasterization: Hardware accelerated
Threaded Rasterization: Enabled
Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
Video Encode: Hardware accelerated
WebGL: Hardware accelerated

chrome://gpu with user:

Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Compositing: Hardware accelerated
Rasterization: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Threaded Rasterization: Enabled
Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Video Encode: Hardware accelerated
WebGL: Hardware accelerated

The only difference between then in terminal is (when running as user):
Failed to create secure directory (/run/user/1000/pulse): Permission denied

Any ideas?

Last edited by vae77 (2014-08-31 05:58:23)

vae77 · 2014-08-31 05:58:08

Nevermind,
ignore gpu blacklist was activated at chrome://flags (Altough do not remember setting it on google chrome on root..)

ewaller · 2014-08-31 06:06:58

I poked around the link in your signature, and you seem to have been around the block a few times. So, let me ask respectfully, Why would you run Chrome as root? Clearly you have the background to appreciate why that would be risky. I am curious as to whether this is something you regularly do, or if it was merely for debugging.

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#1 2014-08-31 05:43:14

[SOLVED] chome://gpu differs if user is root

#2 2014-08-31 05:58:08

Re: [SOLVED] chome://gpu differs if user is root

#3 2014-08-31 06:06:58

Re: [SOLVED] chome://gpu differs if user is root

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