From 00a7c6b5bebeaf9c62654717883ff0bfbcaf3034 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Hassel <hassel@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:38:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added new env var `ELECTRON_DISABLE_GPU` which disable gpu
 under electron if set (fixes #2831).

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 1 +
 js/electron.js | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b5a0286..159e0743 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ _This release is scheduled to be released on 2022-04-01._
 - Added new config option `showTitleAsUrl` to newsfeed module. If set, the diplayed title is a link to the article which is useful when running in a browser and you want to read this article.
 - Added internal cors proxy to get weather providers working without public proxies (fixes #2714). The new url `http(s)://address:port/cors?url=https://whatever-to-proxy` can be used in other modules too.
 - Added a WeatherProvider for Weatherflow
+- Added new env var `ELECTRON_DISABLE_GPU` which disable gpu under electron if set (fixes #2831).
 
 ### Updated
 
diff --git a/js/electron.js b/js/electron.js
index 509b5474..d06c7516 100644
--- a/js/electron.js
+++ b/js/electron.js
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ const Log = require("logger");
 let config = process.env.config ? JSON.parse(process.env.config) : {};
 // Module to control application life.
 const app = electron.app;
+if (process.env.ELECTRON_DISABLE_GPU !== undefined) {
+	app.disableHardwareAcceleration();
+}
+
 // Module to create native browser window.
 const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;