Disable Hardware Acceleration (GPU) on Visual Studio Code

VS Code Disable GPU Acceleration

Visual Studio Code frequently crashes linux. Using NVIDIA GPU

1. Open command pallete (Ctrl + Shift + P)
2. Enter "Preferences: Configure Runtime Arguments"
3. Add config: "disable-hardware-acceleration": true
4. Restart VS Code

If I start VS Code with: /usr/bin/code --disable-accelerated-video-decode it boots up but gives the following warning: Warning: 'disable-accelerated-video-decode' is not in the list of known options, but still passed to Electron/Chromium.

But if I uncomment the "disable-hardware-acceleration": true line in the Configure Runtime Arguments" and restart it with normally it just opens up the VS Code window when I restart it and then crashes. Starting it with verbose I get the following as the last three lines: [797079:0204/114044.796412:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(995)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=133 [797079:0204/114044.796454:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1364)] The GPU process has crashed 9 time(s) [797079:0204/114044.796462:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(448)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.

Any suggestions of what to try next?

Same problem!
Arch, VSCode from AUR (visual-studio-code-bin)
Nvidia RTX 3060, 48G of RAM, Intel i7-11700, Dell XPS 8940
INXI -SMCG:

System:
  Host: spacecore Kernel: 6.6.44-2-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.3 Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: XPS 8940 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0K3CM7 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: 2.10.0 date: 09/14/2022
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    cache: L2: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4800:4900 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
    4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800
    14: 800 15: 800 16: 800
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel RocketLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 750] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] driver: nvidia
    v: 555.58.02
  Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam C615 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915,nvidia resolution:
    1: 2560x1440 2: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nvidia,swrast,zink
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 555.58.02
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 drivers: nvidia,intel surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland

Muchas gracias. Lo probe en hackintosh, porque tardaba mucho en iniciar vscode y ahora inicia super rapido

What is this sorcery, my vscode booted faster than ever !

Thank you sir in 2025, I hope both sides of your pillow are cool.

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After Ubuntu 24.04.3 forced an NVIDIA driver upgrade to 580, VS Code became invisible on Wayland (worked fine with 550). Since I need fractional scaling on my 4K screen, X11 isn’t an option—it’s blurry.

Launching with code --disable-gpu fixes the issue: VS Code shows up properly on Wayland and stays sharp. Hope this helps others!

"disable-hardware-acceleration": true

Seems to still work. Am am using 1.94.2 since I do not need the new chat features provided by newer builds. This on 25H2 and 5090, so not limited to Linux it seems.