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Qasim
Asked: 2013-05-24 21:27:48 +0800 CST

How To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu?

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chrome://gpu/

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And http://webglreport.com/

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 google-chrome --version
 Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93

http://www.chromeexperiments.com/webgl

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How To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu ?

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  1. Best Answer

    For WebGL to work in Google Chrome (and Chromium), Here are the steps to enable WebGL in Google Chrome.

    Step 1: Open Google Chrome

    Step 2: Type chrome://flags in the address bar

    Step 3: Press Ctrl + f and type ” Rendering list “, “Override software rendering list” should come up, Now click on Enable and restart the browser.

    Step 4: Completely kill Chrome: Type killall chrome into a console.

    Step 5: Go to chrome://settings and enable Use hardware acceleration when available. By default it is off since version 43.

    Step 6: Start Chrome

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    Now check chrome://gpu/

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    http://webglreport.com/

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    Source

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  2. If you still don't get any results, check if hardware-acceleration is enabled in Chromium settings, Google tends to disable this setting by default since version 43. In this case that was the problem for me after I updated GPU drivers, overrode the GPU blacklist, and so and so.

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  3. Maybe too old your video driver or not installed properly.

    I had same problem too, but this solution fixed my problem without overrides!

    1. To add PPA for Ubuntu 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.10

      Ubuntu 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.10 users, Run the following command in the terminal and type the password for the user when prompted. Others use the Ubuntu-X PPA.

      sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa

    2. To add PPA for Ubuntu 12.04 / 11.10 / 11.04 / 10.04

      sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

      After adding the PPA, update your system repository.

    3. To Update

      sudo apt-get update

      Now install the NVIDIA GeForce graphics driver 304.108 in your system, as you install other packages by using apt-get.

    4. To Install

      sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings

      Above command will install the driver.

    Source: http://www.howopensource.com/2012/10/install-nvidia-geforce-driver-in-ubuntu-12-10-12-04-using-ppa/

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  4. using chromium Version 49.0.2623.108 on Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit).

    What we need to activate is #ignore-gpu-blacklist

    It's the first line in chrome://flags/

    Hope it can help,

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  5. I had the issue that WebGL was reported as unavailable after switching from the proprietary Nvidia to the nouveau drivers, a change which does not seem to have been picked up in the chromium GPU config of my profile. The fix is running chromium-browser --single-process once to reset the GPU configuration.

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  6. If you have tried the things posted above and it is still not working, try using different drivers. Go to Software And Updates and there select Additional Drivers. Then select either the middle option or the last one (either Proprietary Binary or Nuveau). In my case I selected Proprietary Binary, but it got reverted to Nuveau and now I have WebGL enabled..

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