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

Thanks for the guidance! It was not possible to configure this from the Preferences/Settings menu.

Works like a charm . Thank You!

Working for me as well. Thanks !!!!

Thanks!

Solved it from me as well thank you :)

Awesome thank you!

In my case there was a line already there for disabling, just had to uncomment it. Thanks.

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?

Doesn't work (anymore?) on latest VS Code. You could pass --disable-gpu in the sense that the application would not complain about an unknown option, however a GPU process is still spawned, which you can check with nvtop.

THANKS!!!!

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.

I have the same issue :(
Version: 1.90.1
Ubuntu: 22.04
Installed via snap

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.

thx in 2025

Thank you saved me in 2025

thanks