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Merge pull request #111 from trevor-polidore/disable-gpu-troubleshooting
add disable hardware acceleration and ignore cert errors help
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gitkraken-client/faq.md

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### I'm having display or graphical issues
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Hardware acceleration may cause graphical instability or other issues on some systems, such as GitKraken Client displaying in a blank window.
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You can disable GPU hardware acceleration by running GitKraken Client from a command line with the the following command:
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```
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gitkraken --disable-gpu
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```
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***
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### My files are not showing up as expected or have strange characters.
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GitKraken Client expects most files to use `UTF-8` file encoding. If you are using another encoding type, you can set your type at the top when editing your file, or per-repository from the preferences menu.
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gitkraken-client/windows-subsystem-for-linux.md

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If GitKraken loads with a black screen, or other graphical errors persist, try reopening GitKraken Client as administrator or update your graphics card drivers.
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If graphical errors are still present, you can disable GPU hardware acceleration by running GitKraken Client with the following command:
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```
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gitkraken --disable-gpu
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If you are receiving a `NET:ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID` error when attempting to login, try running GitKraken Client with the following command:
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gitkraken --ignore-certificate-errors
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For other errors, you may need to restart WSL. You can run the following command from PowerShell or Windows Command Prompt running as administrator:
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wsl --shutdown

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