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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions config/chromium-flags.conf
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--ozone-platform=wayland
--ozone-platform-hint=wayland
--password-store=gnome-libsecret
--use-webgpu-adapter=opengles
--enable-features=TouchpadOverscrollHistoryNavigation
--load-extension=/usr/share/omarchy/default/chromium/extensions/copy-url,/usr/share/omarchy/default/chromium/extensions/yt-dlp
27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions migrations/1784607542.sh
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echo "Disable Chromium's Wayland Vulkan WebGPU interop to prevent browser crashes"

add_webgpu_adapter_flag() {
local file=$1
[[ -f $file ]] || return 0
grep -Fxq -- "--use-webgpu-adapter=opengles" "$file" && return 0
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echo "--use-webgpu-adapter=opengles" >>"$file"
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}

for flags_file in "$HOME"/.config/{chromium,chrome,google-chrome,google-chrome-beta,google-chrome-unstable,microsoft-edge-stable,microsoft-edge-beta,microsoft-edge-dev,vivaldi-stable,vivaldi-snapshot,opera,opera-beta,opera-developer}-flags.conf; do
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add_webgpu_adapter_flag "$flags_file"
done

brave_flags="$HOME/.config/brave-flags.conf"
brave_origin_flags="$HOME/.config/brave-origin-flags.conf"
brave_origin_beta_flags="$HOME/.config/brave-origin-beta-flags.conf"

if [[ -f $brave_flags ]] && {
[[ -L $brave_origin_flags && $(readlink -f "$brave_flags") == $(readlink -f "$brave_origin_flags") ]] ||
[[ -L $brave_origin_beta_flags && $(readlink -f "$brave_flags") == $(readlink -f "$brave_origin_beta_flags") ]]
}; then
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echo "Skip Brave flags shared with Brave Origin until its wrapper supports multiple flags"
else
add_webgpu_adapter_flag "$brave_flags"
add_webgpu_adapter_flag "$brave_origin_flags"
add_webgpu_adapter_flag "$brave_origin_beta_flags"
fi
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