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    • boonevillephil
      boonevillephil last edited by

      I've tried every trick I know but Opera 48.0 will always open in a small window & not a maximized window using Ubuntu 16.04. Is there a remedy to this?

      Phil Leslie

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        Bonjour, I have the same issue with linuxmint 18.2 (ubuntu 16), more than that, if you use alt+f10 tomaximize the window, the choice is not saved and you have to do it again next time you start opera.
        Any solution will be welcome

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          There you go

          https://forums.opera.com/topic/22812/start-opera-in-fullscreen-in-command-line/5

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          • boonevillephil
            boonevillephil @Guest last edited by

            @jimunderscorep So what does this mean? I don't know how to alter the guts of the browser. I just want it to open in a maximized window...

            Phil Leslie

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            • A Former User
              A Former User @boonevillephil last edited by

              After reading different posts, I tried

              export LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=1
              opera --start-maximized

              And it worked fine so case closed for me.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                You either launch it, e.g from a terminal or from a run dialog app, as I said in the other thread or edit it's desktop file (= it's icons shortcut).

                To edit the .desktop file, open (as root)

                /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop
                

                with a text editor and change line 7 from

                Exec=opera %U
                

                to

                Exec=opera %U --start-maximized
                

                Save, close the file and you are done.

                2 things to consider
                a) Updating/reinstalling opera wil overwrite the file, so you will have to do it again.
                b) The issue has existed before opera 48 😛

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                • boonevillephil
                  boonevillephil @Guest last edited by

                  @jimunderscorep Got it! Thank you! I had to install Nautilus-admin so I could run this as root. Works great now! 🙂

                  Phil Leslie

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @Guest last edited by

                    Actually, it's probaby better to update the properties of the opera icon you use and to target "opera --start-maximized" , doing so you will not be overwritten by product updates or re-installation

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