Introduce support for no hardware acceleration

Summary: Start flipper with `--no-launcher --disable-gpu` to disable hardware acceleration

Reviewed By: passy

Differential Revision: D25994355

fbshipit-source-id: e75bb209c8e3325135a114bec1f25889187d2728

desktop/static/main.ts

@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ const argv = yargs
       default: false,
       type: 'boolean',
     },
+    'disable-gpu': {
+      describe:
+        'Disable hardware acceleration. Corresponds to FLIPPER_DISABLE_GPU=1.',
+      default: false,
+      type: 'boolean',
+    },
   })
   .version(VERSION)
   .help()
@@ -93,6 +99,11 @@ if (isFB && process.env.FLIPPER_FB === undefined) {
   process.env.FLIPPER_FB = 'true';
 }
 
+if (argv['disable-gpu'] || process.env.FLIPPER_DISABLE_GPU === '1') {
+  console.warn('Hardware acceleration disabled');
+  app.disableHardwareAcceleration();
+}
+
 process.env.CONFIG = JSON.stringify(config);
 
 // possible reference to main app window