[Issue] ZapZap graphical corruption after waking from hibernation (NVIDIA RTX 3060)

[david.ct]

Hi everyone,

I am experiencing a persistent graphical glitch with ZapZap (WhatsApp client) on my laptop.

The Issue: Every time I close the lid of my laptop (triggering hibernation/suspend) and then unlock it again, the ZapZap window glitches out completely. As seen in the attached screenshot, the background turns black, and the contact list becomes a corrupted white block with green circles.

The app is unresponsive to UI updates until I restart it. Other applications seem to work fine, but ZapZap breaks consistently after every lid close.

My System:

• OS: Zorin OS 18 Core
• Device: Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 6 (17.3" FullHD 144Hz)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-11800H
• RAM: 16GB
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (6GB)
• Storage: 1TB SSD

What I have tried so far: I suspected this was related to the NVIDIA drivers or GPU rendering, so I tried the following within ZapZap's settings:

1. Disabling "GPU Hardware Acceleration".
2. Enabling "Single process for GPU and rendering".

Unfortunately, neither of these settings solved the problem; the artifacting persists immediately after waking the laptop.

Suspicions: I suspect this is an issue with how the NVIDIA driver handles the Electron container during power state transitions, but I am not sure how to fix it at the system level or if there is a specific launch flag I should be using.

Has anyone experienced this with ZapZap or other Electron apps on Zorin with NVIDIA hardware?

Any advice would be appreciated!

[Ponce-De-Leon]

Welcome to the Forum!

@david.ct

Every time I close the lid of my laptop (triggering hibernation/suspend) and then unlock it again, the ZapZap window glitches out completely.

Does this happen when You go manually in suspend, too? you could take a Look at this:

Poweroff after login when lid is closed

What an excellent suggestion @applecheeks37 , you found where the hidden setting lie. This feature has caused me so much grief for years! Finally a resolution to the issue! [Disable Lid Switch Suspend In Dconf Editor] In order to make this change, I had to click on these two, turn off the toggle, then select from the drop-down boxes, BLANK. Then all I had to do, was click on APPLY after. For those who use laptops as desktops like me, we are eternally grateful. [Startreker Signatu…

Because You have an Nvidia Card: Does Your System run in Wayland or X11? You can check that in Settings>About.

[david.ct]

Hi @Ponce-De-Leon !

Yes, the glitch happens when I manually suspend it too.

I installed dconf-editor and I changed both lid-close-ac-action and lid-close-battery-action to 'blank', I saved the changes, I rebooted, yet the ZapZap graphical corruption keeps happening.

My system runs on X11, which I thought was already a thing of the past.

[StarTreker]

@david.ct

My system runs on X11, which I thought was already a thing of the past.

Many OS developers, would like to lead people to believe, that X11 is a thing of the past, because their goal is to push Wayland. Wayland, is far from being ready in modern times, its loaded in bugs, and doesn't work for 99% of Linux users, especially those who have Nvidia GPU's like myself.

Since I couldn't think of anything else, other then disabling power saving features in the OS, I asked Google AI, and this was the response...

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[Ponce-De-Leon]

I guess You have installed it in Gnome Software as Flatpak? I saw that thre is an AppImage available on the Github Page. You could try this instead:

Release 6.2.4 · rafatosta/zapzap

[david.ct]

Hi, thanks for proposing the AppImage, however the same glitch happens with it

[Ponce-De-Leon]

You could try a different Program to check if it happens there, too. I'm not very in to this but I saw there 2 Programs called Karere and Whatsie.

[david.ct]

Thank you for your reply, I'm not motivated to try more apps at this moment, but I will keep it mind. The problem persists.