@johnandmegh , I was under the impression that that was remediated two years ago. Irrespective, when I reported that issue downstream to VS Code, the solution was to delete the shader cache:
opened 06:28PM - 14 Aug 23 UTC
closed 07:44PM - 13 Nov 23 UTC
bug
verified
linux
gpu
upstream-issue-fixed
chromium
author-verification-requested
mitigated
insiders-released
electron-25-update
1. ## **Workaround**
This is an issue in Chromium itself. For now there are… the following two workarounds:
1. ### **https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/190437#issuecomment-1722228671**
<blockQuote>
```sh
rm -rf "$HOME/.config/Code/GPUCache"
```
</blockQuote>
1. ### **https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/190437#issuecomment-1679815094**
<blockQuote>
```pwsh
If ($IsLinux) {Remove-Item -Path "$HOME/.config/Code - Insiders/GPUCache"}
```
</blockQuote>
1. ## **Bug**
| Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled? |
| - |
| I can't test that. |
1. ### **VS Code Version**
Per:
```pwsh
code-insiders
```
...the affected version is:
<blockQuote>
Type | Data
----------------|-----------------------------------------
Version | 1.82.0-insider
Commit | 76985ae7814f7cb28e2df6f1025d279bb77cbec1
Date | 2023-08-11T17:10:45.392Z
Electron | 25.4.0
ElectronBuildId | 22958381
Chromium | 114.0.5735.248
Node.js | 18.15.0
V8 | 11.4.183.27-electron.0
OS | Linux x64 6.4.9-1-default
</blockQuote>
However, per:
```.PS1
code
```
...note that `--channel=latest/stable`, that is:
<blockQuote>
Type | Data
----------------|-----------------------------------------
Version | 1.81.1
Commit | 6c3e3dba23e8fadc360aed75ce363ba185c49794
Date | 2023-08-09T22:18:39.991Z
Electron | 22.3.18
ElectronBuildId | 22689846
Chromium | 108.0.5359.215
Node.js | 16.17.1
V8 | 10.8.168.25-electron.0
OS | Linux x64 6.4.9-1-default snap
</blockQuote>
...works:
> 
1. ### **OS Version**
```.PS1
cat -vbET '/etc/os-release'
```
> ```.log
> 8 CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:tumbleweed:20231119"$
> ```
<details>
```pwsh
uname -a
```
<blockQuote>
```log
PS /home/rokejulianlockhart> uname -a
Linux RQN6C6 6.4.9-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Aug 9 05:07:55 UTC 2023 (5b9ad20) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
PS /home/rokejulianlockhart>
```
</blockQuote>
</details>
1. ## **Steps to Reproduce**
1. ```pwsh
code-insiders
```
1. The GUI is invisible:
> 
...yet the menubar continues to operate correctly.
I’ve yet to confirm whether the solution applies to this, but am not hopeful, considering the different symptoms.
@olib , thank you! That works for me:
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.14.4-300.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon RX 5700
Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon Graphics