Keyboard stopped working in Opera

cparke

cparke

This is really weird, though by searching I see it has happened to some people from time to time.

I have Opera installed on Linux via the Snap.
Opera One(version: 118.0.5461.60)

It's been working fine for a long time. But recently, the keyboard will not let me type inside Opera. The keyboard itself is working fine in other application and the desktop environment, but in Opera it is like dead. Well, almost... some special keys like Ctrl-F12 to bring up the Settings page still work, as does all of the browser functionality by using the mouse (including right-click copy/paste). Typing into the URL box or using arrows or trying to fill any text entry forms on web pages, for all of this the keyboard just doesn't work anymore.

I've tried Recovery, and even uninstalling and reinstalling, disabled all extensions, etc., but still it doesn't fix the problem. I don't know what caused this to just start happening. Furthermore, I don't think this is some bug or new incompatibility upon an update with my hardware or operating system (Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS), because I do not have the keyboard issue if I install this same Opera snap version into a Live boot of the OS instead (though the kernel version is not the same if that could matter)..

I really would like a clue on how to get Opera working again or find the problem. I'm fine with fully purging the application if there is some configuration left behind even after uninstalling that could be causing the issue, but where is all of the system config files for Opera? I'd be happy too to try installing an older snap (I can't use the .deb on this older Linux version), but how can I get an older version in snap form? Is there a log file for Opera somewhere that might offer a clue?

cparke

cparke @cparke

@cparke Just as mysteriously as this began happening for no apparent reason, today the issue went away on its own and keyboard works again. We really should find a way to explain this really odd application behavior!