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2 Ways to Fix Google Chrome Screen Flickering in Ubuntu Linux

Linuxslaves.com - Well, I have a Google Chrome on Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04. It has really annoying screen flicker while running with Intel-based integrated video on certain websites like YouTube, Google Maps, Twitch, Facebook, etc.

Glad, I found a solution to fix Google Chrome flicker issue in Ubuntu desktop Trusty Tahr and Xenial Xerus after some research. It is working for me now.

Let's get started!.

Method #1 Chrome Flickers

The first one is quite simple. You can try by disabling the hardware acceleration. To do that, simply launch Google Chrome and open :
  • Settings
  • Advance Settings
  • System
  • Toggle off Use hardware acceleration when available

It fixed the issue, but the browser will be much slower. Ah ya, you may encounter scrolling lag, screen tearing, and etc.

Google Chrome Ubuntu

So you have to enable smooth scrolling. Copy and paste the text below in Chrome address bar :

chrome://flags/#smooth-scrolling

If the above steps didn't work for you, then go and try the second solution.

Method #2 Chrome Flickers

To solve Google Chrome Flickering in Ubuntu, you can disable GPU driver bug workarounds and enable native GPU memory buffers. Here's all you need to do :

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Step 1 - Run the following command :

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

You can change "nano" with your preferred text editor for Linux e.g Gedit, Vim, and so on.

Step 2 - Scroll down until you get Exec line

Flickring Chrome Ubuntu

Step 3 - Then add these two parameters :

--disable-gpu-driver-bug-workarounds --enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers

So it should be look like this :

Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable –disable-gpu-driver-bug-workarounds –enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers %U

Press Ctrl+O to write out > Enter to save the changes > and Ctrl+X to close the editor.

Note : You'll have to repeat the steps above each time you upgrade Chrome.

Step 4 - Run the command below to create Intel configuration file :

sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

Then add this line :

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
Driver      "intel"
Option      "AccelMethod"  "sna"
Option      "TearFree"    "true"
Option      "DRI"    "3"
EndSection

Save the configuration by pressing Ctrl+O to write out > Enter to save the changes > and Ctrl+X to close the editor.

Step 5 - Open chrome://flags/ in address bar and enable :
  • Zero-copy rasterizer
  • Override Software Rendering List

Step 6 - Now open Chrome settings > Advance Settings > System > enable Use hardware acceleration when available

Hope that help for those who looking to fix Annoying flickering Chrome in Ubuntu Linux. Thanks for reading!.