How To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu?

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Solution 1

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

Solution 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.

Solution 3

Maybe too old your video driver or not installed properly.

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

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
```
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.
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.

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/

Solution 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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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Qasim over 1 year
```
chrome://gpu/
```
And http://webglreport.com/
```
 google-chrome --version
 Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93 
```
http://www.chromeexperiments.com/webgl

How To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu ?
Vitaly Zdanevich over 10 years

Now I have YouTube in HTML5 players with nice performance!
Konstantin Schubert over 10 years

Why is this not enabled by default???
Lance Caraccioli over 10 years

Hint: in Ubuntu for sure (windows also most likely) you will need to be sure to kill the background threads (chrome) as well before the changes will take effect.
helpse about 10 years

Nice pointed, Lance. And this is how you kill all chrome instances: ps aux | grep chrome | awk ' { print $2 } ' | xargs kill -9
Kostanos about 10 years

+1 Do you know if there is direct link to enable it, without Ctrl+F and all other steps. Or how to enable it from Javascript?
Qasim about 10 years

@Kostanos no i do not know abot that...thats the easiest way ...
SET over 9 years

for some reason this does not help me to enable webgl in Chrome 37.0.2062.94 (64-bit) under ubuntu *(
andras.tim over 9 years

I's using this solution on my desktop for a week, but my Chrome sometimes eat all CPU (the "GPU process" task). - I have Ubuntu Trusty with "GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2" - I can not found solution for this side effect, only I have a workaround: Turn on "Disable accelerated 2D canvas" option in chrome://flags/ ... Grrr
Peter Raeves over 9 years

Somehow this didnt work for me either on ub14.10 with chrome Version 39.0.2171.71 (64-bit)
Qasim over 9 years

@PeterRaeves check dmesg, i think there was an bug in 14.10 that does not.
Adrians Netlis almost 9 years

Using Ubuntu 15.04, Chromium, NVIDIA GeForce GT 610. Latest aviable drivers(356.49). However, WebGL doesn't work even after doing this. How and why?
Stephen Niedzielski almost 9 years

Same here. I thought I was seeing some terrible bug but didn't realize chrome://settings -> Show advanced settings... -> Use hardware acceleration when available somehow got disabled. I flipped it on, restarted the browser, and everything works.
jackthehipster over 8 years

Probably old by now, but all this plus driver installation etc. didn't work for me either, until I realized there is a simple setting in "chrome://settings , advanced settings, Use hardware acceleration when available". This was disabled by default. Enabling it did the trick for me.
Thomas Orlita almost 7 years

Disabling hardware-acceleration worked for me.