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Chrome Freezing Bug With Old Graphics Cards


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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:23:19 +1100

There is a bug that affects browsers based on Chrome

This seems to affect Chrome, Brave and Opera.

The remedy is to disable GPU acceleration. Make sure that the browser is up to date (with APT or SNAP) before attempting these fixes.

For chrome
Disable GPU acceleration via the terminal:

 
 # Open a terminal and run Chrome with the --disable-gpu flag:
 google-chrome --disable-gpu.

Once Chrome opens

For a more stable but potentially slower experience, you can try this command instead:

 google-chrome --use-gl=swiftshader --disable-gpu-rasterization --disable-zero-copy

There was a similar fix for Brave:

 
 # Run this command:
 brave --disable-gpu

When Brave starts:

For Opera use the following:

 
 opera --disable-gpu --disable-gpu-compositing --safe-mode



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