WebGL not aviable Chromium

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This is a problem I recently encountered when I was trying to upload a model to Sketchfab. It shown that WebGL in not supported. I opened chrome://flags and enabled override rendering list. However, even doing that didn't resolve much. I was able to see primitive preview of model in sketchfab(but not original) and 3D settings still weren't aviable. So here are some screenshots.

Version 43.0.2357.81 Ubuntu 15.04 (64-bit)

WebGL report: enter image description here

Full resolution: https://i.stack.imgur.com/RWvA1.png

chrome://gpu: enter image description here

Full resolution: https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z0P8E.png

Nvidia Information: enter image description here

Full resolution: https://i.stack.imgur.com/AYkDJ.png

I hope that someone can find a solution for this!

possible duplicate of How To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu? — Tim, Jun 11 '15 at 13:51
No, Tim, as I checked that thread already and I have different problem. — Adrians Netlis, Jun 11 '15 at 13:54
As that what is told there doesn't fix my problem. And in second image Problems Detected there is something I am not sure about, but may answer it. And I didn't find any GPU releated setting in chrome://settings. — Adrians Netlis, Jun 11 '15 at 13:56
I posted 3rd image showing that and I also told: 356.49. By the way, tested it in Firefox and it works out there. — Adrians Netlis, Jun 11 '15 at 14:02
You didn't say the version before. I can just see in the image. I'm not sure, I'll ping fabby to see if he knows — Tim, Jun 11 '15 at 14:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '15 at 19:29

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I believe this is duplicate of WebGL doesn't work in Chromium on Ubuntu question as @Tim noted, here is my answer on it:

The ubuntu maintainer of Chromium has deliberately disabled GPU acceleration in the ubuntu build in Chromium 43. Here is corresponding bugreport: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1463598

To workaround this issue you can downgrade to a previous version of Chromium (I have installed 41.0.2272.76-0 from Vivid).

answered Jun 23 '15 at 19:29

rutsky

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OK! Will it be fixed in next release? And how do I downgrade Chromium version? – Adrians Netlis Jun 24 '15 at 12:03
There is not information about when fix will arrive in bugreport yet. You should be able to downgrade using sudo apt-get install chromium-browser=41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu1.1134 on Ubuntu 15.04, but I would not recommend using older version of Chromium for everyday browsing due to security issues, that old Chromium can have. – rutsky Jun 24 '15 at 13:22
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Basicly- if I currently need WebGL, I use Firefox? – Adrians Netlis Jun 24 '15 at 16:49
@AdriansNetlis yes, you can use Firefox if you need WebGL. I'm using Firefox for general browsing and it supports WebGL. I use Chromium only for web-development testing, so it's not a problem for me to run potentially vulnerable old version of Chromium for my local web pages. – rutsky Jun 24 '15 at 17:23

WebGL not aviable Chromium

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