Re: Firefox and graphic acceleration (Google Earth Web)

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 2025, Fernando Apestegu?a wrote:
>
> > I was recently trying out Google Earth Web (
> https://earth.google.com/web/)
> > and found out it is almost unusable as it is very slow.
> >
> > I don't have any other noticeable problems in Firefox: other web pages
> > render fine and fast, I can reproduce HD videos in Youtube without any
> > issues, etc.
> >
> > I use:
> > nvidia-driver-470-470.256.02.1402000_1
> > firefox-144.0_2,2
> >
> > and I load nvidia-modeset from /etc/rc.conf
> >
> > I tried to install Chromium and it works very well with Google Earth out
> of
> > the box, so I'm wondering if I'm missing something in my Firefox
> > configuration (it's basically the default configuration).
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> All I have is that Google Earth Web works fine for me. I'm running
>    14.3-RELEASE-p5
>    firefox-144.0_2,2
> ...but I have intel graphics, not nvidia. "CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD
> Graphics 630]" with the i915kms.ko kernel module. It's all running on
> metal, not a VM.
>
> Just a data point... I hope it's of some use.
>

Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] with i915kms.ko and running -current works
fine.

Apparently, my GeForce GT 710 is blocklisted by firefox.

about:support

HARDWARE_VIDEO_DECODING
default: available
user: force_enabled Force enabled by pref
env: blocklisted Blocklisted by gfxInfo Blocklisted; failure code
FEATURE_FAILURE_VIDEO_DECODING_TEST_FAILED
runtime: unavailable Force disabled by gfxInfo Blocklisted; failure code
FEATURE_FAILURE_VIDEO_DECODING_TEST_FAILED



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