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2mac

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Registered: 2013-11-09

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[SOLVED] Strange graphical issues in Chromium

I haven't tested this in any other browsers, so I'm not sure what the root cause of the problem is.

Symptom: http://i.imgur.com/88ek7BU.png

It only happens sometimes, but images (and sometimes links etc) are mangled like this ad. For links, it's sometimes possible to mouse over it and fix it (it gets a refresh when it has to draw the underline or something, I guess), but this ad was not fixable (not that I cared about seeing an ad, but the issue as a whole is quite irritating).

Are there plugins which improve image rendering and fix this? Is it a driver issue? What can I do and/or what info do you need from me so that this issue is resolved?

Last edited by 2mac (2014-01-06 15:17:46)

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] Strange graphical issues in Chromium

I get things like that too. 
What environment are you using? (OpenBox, Kde, i3, Gnome?)
What is your video hardware / Driver.   I see these on Intel Graphics.
Are you using a compositor?  Which one? I seemed to see this more with xcompmgr than I do with Compton.  I seem to see this more with OpenBox and less with i3

Edit:  Also, have you messed with any of the rendering flags in Chromium, or are you using the default settings.  Do not force hardware rendering.  You might also (as an experiment) tell Chrome not to do hardware rendering.

Last edited by ewaller (2013-12-30 17:28:27)

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2mac

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Registered: 2013-11-09

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Re: [SOLVED] Strange graphical issues in Chromium

I use XFCE, and run my browser using Intel graphics (xf86-video-intel). I am not using a compositor.

I could try messing with Chromium flags. Where can I find these settings?

the_shiver

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Registered: 2013-03-27

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Re: [SOLVED] Strange graphical issues in Chromium

at chrome://flags

2mac

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Registered: 2013-11-09

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Re: [SOLVED] Strange graphical issues in Chromium

Looks like that flag has been removed, or I didn't look hard enough.

bluecloud

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Registered: 2013-12-31

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Re: [SOLVED] Strange graphical issues in Chromium

This is a known issue and can be fixed by changing the acceleration method.

See: 
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … 2FChromium
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … ion_method