Blank select options on Chrome / Chromium & Ubuntu 14.04
You have to turn off the hardware acceleration!
Check this out for the detailed solution -- I don't feel like copy pasting the whole thing and stealing someone else's answer!
http://www.solveyourtech.com/turn-hardware-acceleration-google-chrome/
The summary is that you need to go to 'settings' then 'advanced settings' in Chrome, then uncheck the hardware acceleration box.