Broken shader compilation with mesa update

[RokeJulianLockhart]

1. Workaround

   This is an issue in Chromium itself. For now there are the following two workarounds:

   1. Broken shader compilation with mesa update #190437 (comment)

      rm -rf "$HOME/.config/Code/GPUCache"

   2. Broken shader compilation with mesa update #190437 (comment)

      If ($IsLinux) {Remove-Item -Path "$HOME/.config/Code - Insiders/GPUCache"}

2. Bug

   Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?
   I can't test that.

   1. VS Code Version

      Per:

      code-insiders

      ...the affected version is:

      Type	Data
      Version	1.82.0-insider
      Commit	76985ae
      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

      However, per:

      code

      ...note that --channel=latest/stable, that is:

      Type	Data
      Version	1.81.1
      Commit	6c3e3db
      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

      ...works:

      

   2. OS Version

      cat -vbET '/etc/os-release'

           8  CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:tumbleweed:20231119"$
      

      uname -a

      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>
      

3. Steps to Reproduce

   1. code-insiders

   2. The GUI is invisible:

      

      ...yet the menubar continues to operate correctly.

[lorand-horvath]

1.82 updated to Electron 25 and doesn't work on older OS.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

#190437 (comment)

@lorand-horvath, I'm using cpe:/o:opensuse:tumbleweed:20230813, which updated 2600 packages yesterday (which I have installed) yet this problem remains. Nobody in their right mind would consider that to be old. Additionally, I am using https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories#Adding_these_repos_to_an_existing_installation which means that no independent part of the OS should be considered old. This is the most bleeding edge system for miles.

Regardless, should I perhaps open a linked issue at https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/new?assignees=&labels=bug+%3Abeetle%3A&projects=electron%2F90&template=bug_report.yml&title=%5BBug%5D%3A+?

[lorand-horvath]

@RokeJulianLockhart Oh, sorry, I thought it's an old OS issue. Before reporting in the electron repo, what is Help > Toggle Developer Tools bringing up?
Have you tried to do a clean reinstall of VSCode Insider? Perhaps it was just a bad build.
Or, alternatively, you could try to download the latest Insider installer and install over your existing broken version (which I assume it's 3-4 days older than what you'd get right now) - that should effectively update it.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

@lorand-horvath, #190437 (comment)

Oh, sorry

No problem. Thanks. Apologies for being curt.

what is Help > Toggle Developer Tools bringing up?

Have you tried to do a clean reinstall of VSCode Insider? Perhaps it was just a bad build.

# Start-Transcript -Append -IncludeInvocationHeader # Using `script -a -c 'pwsh-preview'` instead.
sudo zypper refresh && `
sudo zypper remove code-insiders && `
sudo zypper install code-insiders && `
code-insiders

PS /home/rokejulianlockhart> sudo zypper refresh && `
>> sudo zypper remove code-insiders && `
>> sudo zypper install code-insiders && `
>> code-insiders
Repository 'KDE:Unstable:Applications' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                      
Repository 'KDE:Unstable:Extra' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                             
Repository 'KDE:Unstable:Frameworks' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                        
Repository 'KDE:Unstable:Qt' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                
Repository 'Copr repo for caprine owned by dusansimic' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                      
Repository 'dmafanasyev' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Repository 'Main Repository (NON-OSS)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                      
Repository 'Main Repository (DEBUG)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                        
Repository 'Main Repository (Sources)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                      
Repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                          
Repository 'Main Update Repository' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                         
Repository 'google-chrome-unstable' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                         
Repository 'Packman Repository' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                             
Repository 'libdvdcss repository' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                           
Repository 'home:ecsos' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Repository 'openSUSE:Tumbleweed' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                            
Repository 'microsoft-edge-dev' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                             
Repository 'openSUSE-20230123-0' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                            
Repository 'packages-microsoft-com-prod' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                    
Repository 'Packman' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Repository 'repo-openh264' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Repository 'snappy' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Repository 'TeamViewer - x86_64' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                            
Repository 'vscode' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                         
All repositories have been refreshed.
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following package is going to be REMOVED:
  code-insiders

1 package to remove.
After the operation, 363.4 MiB will be freed.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
(1/1) Removing code-insiders-1.82.0-1691992458.el7.x86_64 ...........................................................................................................................................................................[done]
 
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  code-insiders

1 new package to install.
Overall download size: 130.0 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 363.5 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving: code-insiders-1.82.0-1692078853.el7.x86_64 (vscode)                                                                                                                                                        (1/1), 130.0 MiB    
Retrieving: code-insiders-1.82.0-1692078853.el7.x86_64.rpm ..............................................................................................................................................................[done (6.2 MiB/s)]

Checking for file conflicts: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(1/1) Installing: code-insiders-1.82.0-1692078853.el7.x86_64 ........................................................................................................................................................................[done]
PS /home/rokejulianlockhart>

Appears that it's reproducible.

---

code-insiders --verbose

code-insiders.txt.log.md

[lorand-horvath]

Very strange, indeed. I'm out of ideas. Would be interesting to be able to test with a previous Insider version, but for that you would need to have the old package and disable automatic updates.
Electron was updated from 22 to 25 on August 8, so the last version with Electron 22 is the Insider from August 7, which is also the last version that I've tested and still working on Windows 7. Anything after that doesn't start anymore on Win 7. I'm not sure whether the Electron update on August 8 is causing your issue, though...

[RokeJulianLockhart]

@lorand-horvath, does the log file explain anything? To me, it seemed a little too verbose to be of much use. I can try other methods to get relevant diagnostic data if you are able to instruct me.

[lorand-horvath]

@RokeJulianLockhart I see many GPU-related errors, such as:
Errors: link failed but did not provide an info log [3007:0815/155508.112542:WARNING:angle_platform_impl.cc(48)] ProgramGL.cpp:989 (checkLinkStatus): Program link or binary loading failed with no info log. [3007:0815/155508.112636:ERROR:shared_context_state.cc(81)] Skia shader compilation error

Found these:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1442633
ferdium/ferdium-app#1265
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=285507
So it's definitely something related to the new Chromium included in Electron 25 and these issues seem relatively recent.
The first link recommends to disable hardware acceleration, you could try searching how to do that from command line in the new Insider. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to dig deeper right now.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

@lorand-horvath, per https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1442633#c13, do you know whether VSCode contains a .config/google-chrome/Default/GPUCache directory? I haven't been able to locate it.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

@lorand-horvath, #190437 (comment)

If ($IsLinux) {Remove-Item -Path "$HOME/.config/Code - Insiders/GPUCache"}

remediates the problem. Because indeed this issue is dependent upon https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1442633, before this update is rolled out, there needs to be remediating measures (or the update needs to be temporarily halted) lest it break a great many peoples' installations.

#190437 (comment)

[lorand-horvath]

@deepak1556 Can you please take a look at this? It's Chromium/Electron 25 related, so I immediately thought of you. Please see the response just above for a possible solution. Thanks!