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Element turns on hardware acceleration without asking #2404

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Where are you starting? What can you see?
    Before I had element version 1.11.104, I had to manually turn off hardware acceleration because my laptop does not have a dedicated GPU.
  2. What do you click?
    I clicked on "preferences" and turn the "enable hardware acceleration" button off
  3. More steps…
    Then I updated to element version 1.11.104

Outcome

What did you expect?

I expect that the "enable hardware acceleration" button still remain turned off indefinitely (unless I reinstall element)

What happened instead?

Instead, when opening Element 1.11.104, the app not only turned the "enable hardware acceleration" button back on but it kept turning back this button on even if I had to manually turn it back off and restart the application.

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Linux Mint 22.1

Application version

Element version 1.11.104

How did you install the app?

From https://element.io/download

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xmr.se

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No

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    A-App SettingsApplication settingsO-UncommonMost users are unlikely to come across this or unexpected workflowS-MinorImpairs non-critical functionality or suitable workarounds existT-Defect

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