Chrome rendering problems when switching tabs after suspend/resume

[dchambers]

Relevant Info:

• Replaced Wifi/Bluetooth card with Intel 7265.
• Upgraded BIOS to A05.
• Performed fresh install of Gnome Ubuntu 15.04.
• Upgraded Linux kernel to 4.1.3
• Used Gnome Tweak Tool to hibernate when the lid is shut.

I noticed that tabs often wouldn't render correctly when switching from one tab to another in Chrome, so that I had to force a re-render by scrolling or zooming. I tried disabling the GPU rendering options in the settings but that didn't work.

Instead, as per the recommendation from the ArchLinux page, I configured the machine to use UXA for rendering instead of SNA, and now everything works great.

You can do the same by creating a file called /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf with these contents:

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
   Driver      "intel"
   Option      "AccelMethod"  "uxa"
EndSection

I don't think you'll need to do this unless you use suspend/resume and/or hibernate/resume.

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I was having a similar issue which manifested itself as error drm:intel_set_cpu_fifo_underrun_reporting [i915]] in dmesg. Upgrading to kernel 4.16 fixed it.

http://hgdev.co/installing-ubuntu-15-04-on-the-xps-13-9343-2015-a-complete-guide/

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I had the same (/similar) issues in Chrome on Ubuntu 15.04. Also on the Thinkpad I was using before the XPS 13. Some recent updates seem to have fixed it. My guess would be it stopped after the upgrade to the current Chrome (version 45.0.2454.85, 64-bit).
I'm on the default 3.19 kernel, although I don't think that's relevant.