#1176·thorium

Libva error on i386 build on old Intel Atom netbook

Author: bod904Created Mar 12, 2026Updated Aug 7, 2026

So when I try to open Thorium on my netbook (information is at the bottom), it gives out this report in terminal and is denying any try to open a website telling me that "Aw, #@&!, this tab's process tab has gone bye bye...".

LOG: bodya@pes-patron:~/Downloads$ thorium-browser libva error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed libva error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed [2905:2905:0312/111127.347515:ERROR:components/viz/service/main/viz_main_impl.cc:184] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization [2865:2891:0312/111131.597187:ERROR:google_apis/gcm/engine/registration_request.cc:291] Registration response error message: DEPRECATED_ENDPOINT libva error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed libva error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed [2949:2949:0312/111131.952100:ERROR:components/viz/service/main/viz_main_impl.cc:184] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization libva error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed libva error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed [2865:2891:0312/111158.665079:ERROR:google_apis/gcm/engine/registration_request.cc:291] Registration response error message: QUOTA_EXCEEDED

System Information (oh they're wild): Laptop: Acer Aspire One ZG5 Processor: Intel Atom N270 1.60GHz OS: GNU/Linux Debian Bookworm 12 RAM: 1GB Storage: SSD 120GB Thorium version: 138.0.7204.303 (i386)

If you need this info, this laptop runs i386 chromium build from debian repo without any problems and issues, it's just kinda slow at times, and wanted to speed up my experience on such a fossil.