Display error with Visual Studio Code under Ubuntu

Question

I have a problem with Visual Studio Code for several days: it is impossible to launch it (in fact, the window is almost totally black), and here is the console output when I start it from a terminal:

bash: impossible de régler le groupe de processus du terminlal (-1): Ioctl() inapproprié pour un périphérique
bash: pas de contrôle de tâche dans ce shell
[3267:0609/135005:ERROR:buffer_manager.cc(361)] [.CommandBufferContext.Compositor-0xc0a90cb29a0]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_ENUM : glBufferData: <- error from previous GL command
[3267:0609/135007:ERROR:texture_manager.cc(2278)] [.CommandBufferContext.RenderCompositor-0x29650b4d9c60]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_ENUM : glTexImage2D: <- error from previous GL command
[3267:0609/135007:ERROR:gles2_cmd_decoder.cc(2109)] [.CommandBufferContext.RenderWorker-0x29650b4d96e0]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_ENUM : GLES2DecoderImpl::DoBindTexImage2DCHROMIUM: <- error from previous GL command
[3267:0609/135007:ERROR:gles2_cmd_decoder.cc(2113)] [.CommandBufferContext.RenderWorker-0x29650b4d96e0]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_OPERATION : ScopedTextureBinder::ctor: was unhandled
[3267:0609/135007:ERROR:gles2_cmd_decoder.cc(2109)] [.CommandBufferContext.RenderWorker-0x29650b4d96e0]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_VALUE : ScopedTextureBinder::dtor: <- error from previous GL command
[3267:0609/135007:ERROR:gles2_cmd_decoder.cc(2109)] [.CommandBufferContext.RenderWorker-0x29650b4d96e0]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_VALUE : ScopedTextureBinder::dtor: <- error from previous GL command
[3267:0609/135007:ERROR:gles2_cmd_decoder.cc(2109)] [.CommandBufferContext.RenderWorker-0x29650b4d96e0]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_VALUE : ScopedTextureBinder::dtor: <- error from previous GL command
[3267:0609/135007:ERROR:gles2_cmd_decoder.cc(2109)] [.CommandBufferContext.RenderWorker-0x29650b4d96e0]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_VALUE : ScopedTextureBinder::dtor: <- error from previous GL command

Answer 1

I had the same problem and installing virtualbox guest additions version 5.0.16 really solved the problem. However, as noted in the FAQ section of VS Code project web site, you can also run the VS Code with --disable-gpu option, which also solves the problem. From the official FAQ :

VS Code main window is blank?

The Electron shell used by Visual Studio Code has trouble with some GPU (graphics processing unit) hardware acceleration. If VS Code is displaying a blank (empty) main window, you can try disabling GPU acceleration when launching VS Code by adding the Electron --disable-gpu command line switch.

Answer 2

On ubuntu first try to run visual studio code from terminal with:

code

If there is any package error install it. Then if there is black screen then go to :

sudo vi /usr/share/applications/code.desktop

Add disable gpu line to following:

Exec=/usr/share/code/code --disable-gpu %U