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Disable Hardware Acceleration (GPU) on Visual Studio Code
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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
@mariolando

mariolando commented Mar 11, 2025

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Thank you saved me in 2025

@ntonjeta

ntonjeta commented Apr 4, 2025

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thanks

@datprs2k1

datprs2k1 commented Aug 7, 2025

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Thanks

@Wayne6530

Wayne6530 commented Oct 22, 2025

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Thanks!

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!

@ahakkar

ahakkar commented Oct 31, 2025

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"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.

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