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22 changes: 12 additions & 10 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -39,19 +39,21 @@ Other packages can be installed from your package manager, either by clicking on
| `--hide-offline-banner` | Hide the "Application is offline" banner that appears when using a VPN or DNS blocker (see [patch](./patches/08-hide-offline-banner.patch)) |
| `--disable-animations` | Disable animations (see [patch](./patches/09-disable-animations.patch)) |
| `--disable-notifications` | Disable notifications (see [patch](./patches/10-disable-notifications.patch)) |
| `--disable-hardware-acceleration` | Disable hardware acceleration (useful for systems with GPU issues) |
| `--log-level` | Set the log level (`silly`,`debug`,`verbose`,`info`,`warn`,`error`) (see [patch](./patches/06-control-log-level.patch)) |
| `--enable-wayland-ime` `--ozone-platform-hint=auto` `--wayland-text-input-version=3` | Enable IME keyboard support on Wayland |

| Environment variable | Options | Description |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `DZ_START_IN_TRAY` | `yes`,`no` | Start the app in the tray (see [patch](./patches/01-start-in-tray.patch)) |
| `DZ_DISABLE_SYSTRAY` | `yes`,`no` | Quit the app when the window is closed (see [patch](./patches/02-start-without-tray.patch)) |
| `DZ_KEEP_KERNEL` | `yes`,`no` | Use the exact kernel version (see [patch](./patches/04-remove-os-information.patch)) |
| `DZ_LOG_LEVEL` | `silly`,`debug`,`verbose`,`info`,`warn`,`error` | Set the log level (see [patch](./patches/06-control-log-level.patch)) |
| `DZ_HIDE_OFFLINE_BANNER` | `yes`,`no` | Hide the "Application is offline" banner (see [patch](./patches/08-hide-offline-banner.patch)) |
| `DZ_DISABLE_ANIMATIONS` | `yes`,`no` | Disable animations (see [patch](./patches/09-disable-animations.patch)) |
| `DZ_DISABLE_NOTIFICATIONS` | `yes`,`no` | Disable notifications (see [patch](./patches/10-disable-notifications.patch)) |
| `DZ_DEVTOOLS` | `yes`,`no` | Enable the developer console (ctrl+shift+i) |
| Environment variable | Options | Description |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `DZ_START_IN_TRAY` | `yes`,`no` | Start the app in the tray (see [patch](./patches/01-start-in-tray.patch)) |
| `DZ_DISABLE_SYSTRAY` | `yes`,`no` | Quit the app when the window is closed (see [patch](./patches/02-start-without-tray.patch)) |
| `DZ_KEEP_KERNEL` | `yes`,`no` | Use the exact kernel version (see [patch](./patches/04-remove-os-information.patch)) |
| `DZ_LOG_LEVEL` | `silly`,`debug`,`verbose`,`info`,`warn`,`error` | Set the log level (see [patch](./patches/06-control-log-level.patch)) |
| `DZ_HIDE_OFFLINE_BANNER` | `yes`,`no` | Hide the "Application is offline" banner (see [patch](./patches/08-hide-offline-banner.patch)) |
| `DZ_DISABLE_ANIMATIONS` | `yes`,`no` | Disable animations (see [patch](./patches/09-disable-animations.patch)) |
| `DZ_DISABLE_NOTIFICATIONS` | `yes`,`no` | Disable notifications (see [patch](./patches/10-disable-notifications.patch)) |
| `DZ_DISABLE_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION` | `yes`,`no` | Disable hardware acceleration (see [patch](./patches/251226-1766789138.patch)) |
| `DZ_DEVTOOLS` | `yes`,`no` | Enable the developer console (ctrl+shift+i) |

## Building from source

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From 6648cde4fefd1f40219bffe72b9452ad978768e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: josselinonduty <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 23:45:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: disable hardware acceleration

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build/main.js | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/build/main.js b/build/main.js
index b2b1c55..63386d4 100644
--- a/build/main.js
+++ b/build/main.js
@@ -2894,6 +2894,11 @@
"disable-features",
"HardwareMediaKeyHandling"
),
+ (process.argv.some(
+ (arg) => arg === "--disable-hardware-acceleration"
+ ) ||
+ "yes" === process.env.DZ_DISABLE_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION) &&
+ external_electron_namespaceObject.app.disableHardwareAcceleration(),
external_electron_namespaceObject.app.on(
"second-instance",
(event, argv) => {
--
2.48.1