Hi Nathan, I can confirm hardware acceleration is now working in Chromium browser version 114.0.5735.198 (Official Build) snap (64-bit). Hardware acceleration still DOES NOT work in Firefox version 115.0 (64-bit) Mozilla Firefox snap for Ubuntu canonical-002-1.0. Using Xorg on Kubuntu 23.04. Best, Ivan On 7/4/23 08:54, Nathan Teodosio wrote: > This problem should now be solved for Chromium (>=114.0.5735.198). > Please confirm or deny it if you are a Chromium user previously affected > by this bug. > > ** Description changed: > > Possible, proposed solutions > ---------------------------- > > Option 1: Please install from these channels and report back with > success or failure. > >   snap refresh --channel candidate/core22 firefox > -   snap refresh --edge chromium > > Option 2: > > - chromium --ozone-platform=wayland > - MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 firefox > +   chromium --ozone-platform=wayland > +   MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 firefox > > If nothing works, it is possible around the issue by disabling hardware > acceleration. > > Original bug report > ------------------- > > Snap packages which use hardware accelerated graphics are broken after > the last routine system upgrade via apt. My system is using AMD Radeon > RX 5500 XT graphics card from ASUS, with stock amdgpu kernel drivers. > Two snap packages which are now unusable are Mozilla Firefox and > Chromium browsers. Both display animated speckled color garbage inside > their windows, overlayed with the correct image. Disabling hardware > acceleration in the settings for the snap version of Firefox fixed it. > Also, Firefox version installed from the original Mozilla tarball into > /opt/ works just fine with the acceleration enabled on the same system, > as well as glmark2 benchmark. Looks like the issue is only affecting > snap packages. > > $ snap list firefox chromium > Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes > chromium 109.0.5414.119 2295 latest/stable canonical✓ - > firefox 109.0.1-1 2311 latest/stable mozilla✓ - > > $ dpkg -l snapd|grep ^ii > ii snapd 2.58+22.10 amd64 Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages > > $ dpkg -l mesa\* | grep ^ii > ii mesa-utils 8.5.0-1 amd64 Miscellaneous Mesa utilities -- symlinks > ii mesa-utils-bin:amd64 8.5.0-1 amd64 Miscellaneous Mesa utilities -- native applications > ii mesa-va-drivers:amd64 22.2.5-0ubuntu0.1 amd64 Mesa VA-API video acceleration drivers > ii mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 22.2.5-0ubuntu0.1 amd64 Mesa VDPAU video acceleration drivers > ii mesa-vulkan-drivers:amd64 22.2.5-0ubuntu0.1 amd64 Mesa Vulkan graphics drivers > > $ lsb_release -a > No LSB modules are available. > Distributor ID: Ubuntu > Description: Ubuntu 22.10 > Release: 22.10 > Codename: kinetic > > $ uname -a > Linux xxxxxx 5.19.0-29-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jan 4 12:14:09 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10 > Package: snap (not installed) > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-29.30-generic 5.19.17 > Uname: Linux 5.19.0-29-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown > CurrentDesktop: KDE > Date: Wed Feb 1 22:55:48 2023 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-02 (913 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) > SourcePackage: snap > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2023-02-02 (0 days ago) > --- > ProblemType: Bug > ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown > CurrentDesktop: KDE > DRM.card0-DP-1: >  enabled: enabled >  dpms: On >  status: connected >  edid-base64: AP///////wAebQd34yoBAAQcAQS1PCJ4nz4xrlBHrCcMUFQhCABxQIGAgcCpwNHAgQABAQEBTdAAoPBwPoAwIGUMWFQhAAAaKGgAoPBwPoAIkGUMWFQhAAAaAAAA/QAwPYeHOAEKICAgICAgAAAA/ABMRyBIRFIgNEsKICAgAfsCAxlxRJAEAwEjCQcHgwEAAOMFwADjBgUBAjqAGHE4LUBYLEUAWFQhAAAeVl4AoKCgKVAwIDUAWFQhAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKQ== >  modes: 3840x2160 3840x2160 3840x2160 3840x2160 3840x2160 2560x1440 1920x1200 1920x1080 1920x1080 1920x1080 1600x1200 1680x1050 1600x900 1280x1024 1440x900 1280x800 1152x864 1280x720 1280x720 1280x720 1024x768 800x600 720x480 720x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 > DRM.card0-DP-2: >  enabled: disabled >  dpms: Off >  status: disconnected >  edid-base64: >  modes: > DRM.card0-DP-3: >  enabled: disabled >  dpms: Off >  status: disconnected >  edid-base64: >  modes: > DRM.card0-HDMI-A-1: >  enabled: disabled >  dpms: Off >  status: disconnected >  edid-base64: >  modes: > DiskUsage: >  Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >  /dev/nvme0n1p2 ext4 916G 222G 648G 26% / >  tmpfs tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm >  /dev/nvme0n1p2 ext4 916G 222G 648G 26% / > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-02 (914 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) > MachineType: ASUS System Product Name > Package: chromium-browser 1:85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu2 > PackageArchitecture: amd64 > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.19.0-29-generic root=UUID=1a37d538-d59f-477b-96f0-f949ce9b4553 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-29.30-generic 5.19.17 > Snap.Changes: no changes found > Snap.ChromeDriverVersion: ChromeDriver 109.0.5414.119 (772095164c7d5d4e73160f858efed3b5e87eca83-refs/branch-heads/5414@{#1458}) > Snap.ChromiumVersion: >  update.go:85: cannot change mount namespace according to change mount (/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/share/xubuntu-docs /usr/share/xubuntu-docs none bind,ro 0 0): cannot open directory "/var/lib/snapd": permission denied >  Chromium 109.0.5414.119 snap > Tags: kinetic snap > Uname: Linux 5.19.0-29-generic x86_64 > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2023-02-02 (0 days ago) > UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip dovecot lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare scanner ssl-cert sudo www-data > _MarkForUpload: True > dmi.bios.date: 12/12/2022 > dmi.bios.release: 5.17 > dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > dmi.bios.version: 4304 > dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string > dmi.board.name: ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) > dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. > dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string > dmi.chassis.version: Default string > dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4304:bd12/12/2022:br5.17:svnASUS:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnROGCROSSHAIRVIIIHERO(WI-FI):rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuSKU: > dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. > dmi.product.name: System Product Name > dmi.product.sku: SKU > dmi.product.version: System Version > dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS >