google chrome stuck when watching video at full screen size

Question

when i watch video in google chrome at full screen mode its stuck and not more working, in normal size its work without any issues but at full screen size freeze chrome and desktop! there is no problem with other browser like Mozilla Firefox and Epiphany i well use ubuntu 18.04 with pantheon desktop (Elementary OS 5 Juno) and google chrome 66.0.3359.181 (Official Build) (64-bit) Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

There is an update that fixes this issue. Just update in AppCentre or run the following commands in terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

Answer 2

I was having the same problem. Here is the solution that I used.

Step 1: Copy the python code and make it into an executable file and place it on your home folder

#!/usr/bin/python3
import os,signal
import time
a=1
while (a==1):
    try:   
        #iterating through each instance of the proess 
        process=os.popen('ps aux | grep "brave.com/brave/brave --type=gpu-process" | 
        grep -v grep')
        str=(process.read())
        length=0
        length=len(str)
        if (length==0):
            print("Process Teminated..")
            a=2
        else:
            for line in os.popen('ps aux | grep "brave.com/brave/brave --type=gpu-process" | grep -v grep'):  
                fields = line.split() 
                #extracting Process ID from the output 
                pid = int(fields[1])  
                res=fields[3]
                res=float(res)/100*7.69*1024 #7.69 is the amount of ram i have.... yours might vary.
                # terminating process  
                if(res>100):
                    print(f"pid={pid} res={res}")
                    os.kill(int(pid), signal.SIGKILL)  
                    print("Process Successfully terminated") 
                time.sleep(6)
                length=0
      
    except: 
        print("Error Encountered while running script") 
        time.sleep(10)

Step 2: Create a shell script to launch both the applications at the same time

cd /usr/bin/;brave-browser-stable & brave=$!
sleep 2
cd /home/<your-username-here>/;./kill-gpu-brave & kill=$! #I named my  python execulable file kill-gpu-brave
wait $brave
wait $kill

Step 3: Make this an executable file with chmod +x <filename> and launch brave through this file.

Note: For chrome the command will change. Please check your task manager. It will come under --type=gpu-process