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webrender blocked by env: No qualified hardware

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Why? Alienware 17R2 GTX980M. Firefox Quantum 63.0.3 (64-bit)

Why? Alienware 17R2 GTX980M. Firefox Quantum 63.0.3 (64-bit)

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It's a bug IMHO, but you can still force-enable Webrender with gfx.webrender.all = true, or MOZ_WEBRENDER=1 environment variable (I'm not sure if it works in your version though). ATM Webrender is in beta version.

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TyDraniu said

It's a bug IMHO, but you can still force-enable Webrender with gfx.webrender.all = true, or MOZ_WEBRENDER=1 environment variable (I'm not sure if it works in your version though). ATM Webrender is in beta version.

There's not such setting

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Webrender is currently disabled by default on laptops, because it uses more power than the default renderer: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1475355

On the about:config page, you can right-click anywhere on the list, and choose "new > boolean" to create a preference with the value mentioned above.

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user1929 said

Webrender is currently disabled by default on laptops, because it uses more power than the default renderer: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1475355 On the about:config page, you can right-click anywhere on the list, and choose "new > boolean" to create a preference with the value mentioned above.

Still have same status: blocked by env: No qualified hardware

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Krusso said

Still have same status: blocked by env: No qualified hardware

You're still on the release version and you still didn't create the pref.

Go to about:support and check if GPU 1 is Nvidia GeForce. Maybe it's Intel?

Modified by TyDraniu

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TyDraniu said

Krusso said
Still have same status: blocked by env: No qualified hardware

You're still on the release version and you still didn't create the pref.

Go to about:support and check if GPU 1 is Nvidia GeForce. Maybe it's Intel?

No, it's Nvidia

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No, GPU #2 is NVidia. So Firefox is using Intel GPU. You've to change it.

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TyDraniu said

No, GPU #2 is NVidia. So Firefox is using Intel GPU. You've to change it.

How.

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... in your NVidia Control Panel/

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Silly me, forgot such settings. Thank u. But now another culprit: blocked by env: Has battery .Laptop runs powered all the time

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Tsk manager shows that Nvidia is working with Mozilla though. It seems that problem is solved. Thanx. Will see if rendering improved later

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But now another culprit: blocked by env: Has battery .Laptop runs powered all the time

This is known bug, fixed in v65.

Modified by TyDraniu