RTX 5090 Blackwell: RDP crashes when launching any Chromium-based app (Chrome, VS Code, Discord)

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Hardware: RTX 5090 32GB, RTX PRO 6000 96GB (both Blackwell) OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Kernel: 6.14.0-29-generic Driver: 580.82.07-0ubuntu1 (open kernel modules)

Issue: Any Chromium-based application instantly crashes my RDP session when launched. This started happening after upgrading from RTX 3090 to RTX 5090, first noticed with beta driver 580.65.06.

What crashes RDP:

  • Chrome browser

  • VS Code

  • Discord

  • Any Electron app

What works fine:

  • Firefox browser

  • Terminal apps

  • Non-Chromium GUI apps

  • Everything works normally via SSH or local console

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Connect via RDP to Ubuntu system with RTX 5090/PRO 6000

  2. Launch Chrome or VS Code

  3. RDP session immediately terminates

Notes:

  • Worked perfectly with RTX 3090 on same system

  • Problem persists across multiple 580.x driver versions

  • Even launching with --disable-gpu flags crashes RDP

  • Firefox works fine, confirming this is Chromium-specific

This makes remote development essentially impossible since most modern tools use Chromium. Is this a known issue with Blackwell cards? Any workarounds besides switching to Firefox?

I can provide additional logs/debugging info if needed.

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (614.0 KB)