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Chromium/Brave snap doesn't launch correctly Ubuntu 22.04 on Wayland, Nvidia

Bug #1968610 reported by librenyaa
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chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

When launching Chromium as a snap on Ubuntu 22.04, it will not open properly and will open the browser with only the titlebar and a transparent window. I am using an Nvidia Graphics card with the 510.60.02 Nvidia proprietary drivers.

Description: Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (development branch)
Release: 22.04
Chromium Version: 100.0.4896.75 2022-04-07

When running "snap run chromium" in the terminal, the following output happens. Attached screenshot of result.

nyaa@nyaa-desktop:~$ snap run chromium
Gtk-Message: 13:42:20.777: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 13:42:20.778: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
MESA-LOADER: failed to open nvidia-drm: /snap/chromium/1957/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia-drm_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied (search paths /snap/chromium/1957/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri)
failed to load driver: nvidia-drm
MESA-LOADER: failed to open kms_swrast: /snap/chromium/1957/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/kms_swrast_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied (search paths /snap/chromium/1957/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri)
failed to load driver: kms_swrast
MESA-LOADER: failed to open swrast: /snap/chromium/1957/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/swrast_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied (search paths /snap/chromium/1957/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri)
failed to load swrast driver
[9358:9478:0411/134223.111306:ERROR:udev_watcher.cc(98)] Failed to begin udev enumeration.

Edit: I have recently tested this more, and I've isolated it to Wayland and the snap version of Chromium. On X, the chromium snap runs correctly.

When I run Chromium as a binary from the Chromium website, the issue doesn't occur on Wayland.

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librenyaa (librenyaa-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
description: updated
librenyaa (librenyaa-deactivatedaccount)
description: updated
description: updated
librenyaa (librenyaa-deactivatedaccount)
summary: - Chromium snap doesn't launch correctly Ubuntu 22.04
+ Chromium snap doesn't launch correctly Ubuntu 22.04 on Wayland, Nvidia
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: Chromium snap doesn't launch correctly Ubuntu 22.04 on Wayland, Nvidia

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

I would mark this as a duplicate of bug 1967488 had you said "black" instead of "transparent". But I guess they could still both be the same issue.

tags: added: jammy nvidia nvidia-wayland wayland wayland-session
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Bram Stolk (b-stolk) wrote (last edit ):

I am hitting this too.

Unlike OP, I am on 22.10
Like OP, I am on nvidia 510 proprietary drivers.

Adding --ozone-platform=wayland fixes the issue for me.

$ chromium
Gtk-Message: 10:43:34.433: Not loading module "atk-bridge": The functionality is provided by GTK natively. Please try to not load it.
MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
MESA-LOADER: failed to open nvidia-drm: /snap/chromium/2271/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia-drm_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied (search paths /snap/chromium/2271/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri, suffix _dri)
failed to load driver: nvidia-drm

chromium snap version: 109.0.5414.74 (latest/stable channel)

UPDATE: I upgraded to nvidia 525 proprietary drivers, which still have this issue.

librenyaa (librenyaa-deactivatedaccount)
description: updated
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Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) wrote : Re: [Bug 1968610] Re: Chromium snap doesn't launch correctly Ubuntu 22.04 on Wayland, Nvidia

If Bram's suggestion fails, try to disable hardware acceleration:

   chromium --disable-gpu

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: Chromium snap doesn't launch correctly Ubuntu 22.04 on Wayland, Nvidia

As a workaround/fix try logging into Xorg and then opening this in Chromium:

  chrome://flags/#ozone-platform-hint

Change it to 'Wayland'.

Now log out and log into Wayland again. Does Chromium work now?

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - Chromium snap doesn't launch correctly Ubuntu 22.04 on Wayland, Nvidia
+ Chromium/Brave snap doesn't launch correctly Ubuntu 22.04 on Wayland,
+ Nvidia
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: driver-snap
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Let's merge this into 1967488, I think it's been resolved recently.

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