Chrome UI glitching up intermittently?

[Linuxism]

First I just want to say thanks for all the help with my previous questions regarding RAM upgrades and Linux. I just got my Mintbox Mini hooked up and am loving the OS, I would say I'm officially a convert to Linux. And I upgraded the RAM to 8GB without any difficulty, thanks for the advice on that guys.

But I am experiencing a weird problem with Chrome browser. I prefer chrome since I have a lot of things through Google and would prefer to keep using it but I will have to revert back to Firefox if this continues. Basically what is happening is every few minutes the entire browser will start to graphically glitch up like crazy. Maximizing then minimizing will fix it but it just keeps happening over and over. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Thanks.

[richyrich]

Try this. In the advanced settings in Chrome's preferences, uncheck the "use hardware accelleration.."

[Linuxism]

Ok thanks... I'll let you know if that works.

[Linuxism]

Thanks, that did work. But now Chrome is running a little slow. A little laggy I guess. I have upgraded my RAM to 8gb and installed all the proper updates for Mint on my Mintbox Mini too, the computer is really fast, I can run programs like Kodi and stream HD movies without any issue, super fast UI and no problems whatsoever. So why can't I keep hardware acceleration turned on without Chrome completely exploding? Firefox runs fine, but I prefer chrome. Is there some sort of work around possibly? Because I want to keep using Chrome but I want to keep hardware acceleration enabled without having to minimize and maximize the window every two minutes because the UI is graphically exploding. If you guys can think anything I would appreciate it, thanks again!

[I2k4]

I suggest taking a look at these adjustments under the hood:

http://digiwonk.wonderhowto.com/how-to/ ... r-0155989/

I've found #1-#3 and #5 make a difference on Chromium, and should work on Chrome.

[Linuxism]

Thanks! I'll give that a try.