Brave Browser freezing computer since upgrading to 16

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I upgraded to 16 from 15.6. Now whenever I launch Brave Browser, it immediately freezes my computer and I have to reboot. Firefox works okay.

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Desktop environment and graphics details might be relevant information to share here…
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Try launching from a terminal to catch some useful error messages…
brave-browser

Does launching it from a terminal like this help?
brave-browser --use-gl=desktop

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System:
  Kernel: 6.12.0-160000.34-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 13.4.0 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.0-160000.34-default
    root=UUID=7b6487df-3b2c-4f41-aabc-f6d98e690029 splash=silent
    resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/428166bc-c89a-4805-ba8a-ba4e0ef16002
    preempt=full mitigations=auto quiet security=selinux enforcing=1
    selinux=1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.16.0
    wm: kwin_wayland tools: xscreensaver,xscreensaver-systemd
    avail: budgie-screensaver, cinnamon-screensaver, mate-screensaver vt: 2
    dm: 1: GDM v: 48.0 note: stopped 2: SDDM Distro: openSUSE Leap 16.0
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nouveau
    v: kernel non-free: series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL~2019-12-xx) last:
    release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla process: 40-80nm
    built: 2006-2013 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-I-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:0a65 class-ID: 0300 temp: 52.0 C
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,nvidia dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau platforms: device: 0 drv: nouveau
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau wayland:
    drv: nouveau x11: drv: nouveau
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: mesa v: 24.3.3 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVA8 device-ID: 10de:0a65 memory: 983.4 MiB
    unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.

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brave-browser
[34015:34036:0619/210939.916492:ERROR:crypto/nss_util.cc:377] After loading Root Certs, loaded==false: NSS error code: -8018
Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file: File not found
[34060:34072:0619/210950.043510:ERROR:net/socket/ssl_client_socket_impl.cc:944] handshake failed; returned -1, SSL error code 1, net_error -201
[34060:34072:0619/210950.194586:ERROR:net/socket/ssl_client_socket_impl.cc:944] handshake failed; returned -1, SSL error code 1, net_error -101
[34060:34072:0619/210950.334927:ERROR:net/socket/ssl_client_socket_impl.cc:944] handshake failed; returned -1, SSL error code 1, net_error -101
[34060:34072:0619/210950.335071:ERROR:net/socket/ssl_client_socket_impl.cc:944] handshake failed; returned -1, SSL error code 1, net_error -101
[34060:34072:0619/210952.828881:ERROR:net/socket/ssl_client_socket_impl.cc:944] handshake failed; returned -1, SSL error code 1, net_error -101
[34060:34072:0619/210952.829725:ERROR:net/socket/ssl_client_socket_impl.cc:944] handshake failed; returned -1, SSL error code 1, net_error -101
[34060:34072:0619/211000.959758:ERROR:services/network/p2p/socket_manager.cc:137] Failed to resolve address for aa.online-metrix.net., errorcode: -105
[34886:13:0619/211000.975797:ERROR:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/stun_port.cc:105] Binding error response: class=4 number=1 reason=Unauthorized
[34060:34072:0619/211000.977915:ERROR:services/network/p2p/socket_manager.cc:137] Failed to resolve address for aa.online-metrix.net., errorcode: -105
[34060:34072:0619/211000.977931:ERROR:services/network/p2p/socket_manager.cc:137] Failed to resolve address for aa.online-metrix.net., errorcode: -105
[34015:34172:0619/211009.376607:ERROR:content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc:274] GLib: g_main_context_pop_thread_default: assertion 'stack != NULL' failed
[34015:34173:0619/211009.376605:ERROR:content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc:274] GLib: g_main_context_pop_thread_default: assertion 'stack != NULL' failed
[34015:34171:0619/211009.376605:ERROR:content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc:274] GLib: g_main_context_pop_thread_default: assertion 'stack != NULL' failed

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Yes, that fixes the problem. Thanks.

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Thanks for providing the requested information. Since --use-gl=desktop resolves the issue, that confirms a graphics acceleration problem as suspected.

You have old NVIDIA graphics hardware only suported by the open-source nouveau driver.

You can make the workaround permanent by creating (or editing) “~/.config/brave-flags.conf” with a text editor and adding --use-gl=desktop there. You should be able to start Brave normally after that.

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