Vscode: Latest update (1.1.0) breaks entire UI.

[Peter-LaComb]

• VSCode Version: 1.1.0
• OS Version: Windows 8.1

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Alllowed latest version to install
2. Launch VS Code
3. Notice that the entire UI is unusable/black/grey. Only the about box works.

This appears to be a video acceleration issue - moving the window sometimes redraws the UI correctly.

[bpasero]

@Peter-LaComb is this on a VM?

[bpasero]

Also can you try running code.exe --disable-gpu from a command prompt from the installation folder of code to see if it makes any difference?

[Peter-LaComb]

1) Not on a VM.
2) code.exe --disable-gpu works perfectly. WIsh I had seen that in the docs.

[bpasero]

@egamma @gregvanl we should add this to our FAQ when people run into UI issues like this one, do you agree?

[egamma]

Agreed filed https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs/issues/300

[Tyriar]

@bpasero should --disable-gpu be added to code --help. FYI I can't seem to find it in google-chrome --help or https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/api/chrome-command-line-switches.md

[bpasero]

@Tyriar I think its a hacky workaround for an issue we do not understand, nor do we know the consequences in terms of performance.

[Peter-LaComb]

@bpasero - I'm not yet the heaviest VSCode user, but the performance impact appeared minimal. It's more likely an issue with my actual video drivers - Chrome and Slack started breaking in the same way shortly afterward. Makes me kind of sad to see that GPU acceleration is required for such a clean and simple looking UI.

[Peter-LaComb]

Can I vote to close this? I'm happy with the FAQ addition and some tweaks to my video driver (I don't recall installing an update or changing settings before this) have resolved the issue, even without the --disable-gpu.