From b030ca914df6dafcec13a43826b7f254f0cd59d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Orlowski <roman@orl0.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2023 14:58:39 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Desktop: Fixes #9130: Allow Electron `--disable-gpu` flag
 (#9179)

---
 packages/lib/utils/processStartFlags.ts | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/lib/utils/processStartFlags.ts b/packages/lib/utils/processStartFlags.ts
index 2bf38f1e9..bfd0f28c2 100644
--- a/packages/lib/utils/processStartFlags.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/utils/processStartFlags.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 import Logger, { LogLevel } from '@joplin/utils/Logger';
 import JoplinError from '../JoplinError';
 import { _ } from '../locale';
@@ -152,6 +150,13 @@ const processStartFlags = async (argv: string[], setDefaults = true) => {
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (arg === '--disable-gpu') {
+			// Electron-specific flag - ignore it
+			// Allows users to disable GPU acceleration
+			argv.splice(0, 1);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (arg.length && arg[0] === '-') {
 			throw new JoplinError(_('Unknown flag: %s', arg), 'flagError');
 		} else {