[tbb-commits] [Git][tpo/applications/tor-browser-build][maint-13.0] Bug 41017: Tell Nvidia drivers not to create the shader cache.

[Pier Angelo Vendrame (@pierov)]

Pier Angelo Vendrame pushed to branch maint-13.0 at The Tor Project / Applications / tor-browser-build


Commits:
6a9aac2c by Pier Angelo Vendrame at 2023-12-04T13:03:03+01:00
Bug 41017: Tell Nvidia drivers not to create the shader cache.

Nvidia drivers create a shader cache in $HOME/.cache/nvidia by default.
However, it can be easily disabled with an environment variable.

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1 changed file:

- projects/browser/RelativeLink/start-browser


Changes:

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projects/browser/RelativeLink/start-browser
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@@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ rm -Rf "${HOME}/TorBrowser/Data/fontconfig"
 # Avoid overwriting user's dconf values. Fixes #27903.
 export GSETTINGS_BACKEND=memory
 
+# tor-browser-build#41017: Nvidia drivers create a shader cache by default in
+# $HOME/.cache/nvidia. We we can easily disable it.
+export __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE=0
+
 cd "${HOME}"
 
 # We pass all additional command-line arguments we get to Firefox.



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