Opera 44.0.2510.857 crashes on start/does not start

A Former User

Recently updated my opera-stable on Xubuntu 16.04.2. The installed version of opera is 44.0.2510.857. The browser would not open. Whenever it is started it crashes immediately. However the browser does open when run as administrator.

If I run opera from Terminal, the error I get is:
[0404/183623.828029:ERROR:gl_surface_glx.cc(406)] glxQueryVersion failed
[0404/183623.828061:ERROR:gl_initializer_x11.cc(136)] GLSurfaceGLX::InitializeOneOff failed.
[0404/183623.842693:ERROR:child_thread_impl.cc(774)] Request for unknown Channel-associated interface: ui::mojom::GpuMain
[0404/183623.843018:ERROR:gpu_child_thread.cc(330)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[0404/183623.925097:ERROR:desktop_window_tree_host_x11.cc(1141)] Not implemented reached in virtual void views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11::InitModalType(ui::ModalType)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
shamik@andromeda:~/Documents/SpectralIndex$ [0404/183625.899393:ERROR:gl_surface_glx.cc(406)] glxQueryVersion failed
[0404/183625.899424:ERROR:gl_initializer_x11.cc(136)] GLSurfaceGLX::InitializeOneOff failed.
[0404/183625.914682:ERROR:child_thread_impl.cc(774)] Request for unknown Channel-associated interface: ui::mojom::GpuMain
[0404/183625.914961:ERROR:gpu_child_thread.cc(330)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[0404/183626.013529:ERROR:desktop_window_tree_host_x11.cc(1141)] Not implemented reached in virtual void views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11::InitModalType(ui::ModalType)
[0404/183627.844801:ERROR:gl_surface_glx.cc(406)] glxQueryVersion failed
[0404/183627.844834:ERROR:gl_initializer_x11.cc(136)] GLSurfaceGLX::InitializeOneOff failed.
[0404/183627.854688:ERROR:child_thread_impl.cc(774)] Request for unknown Channel-associated interface: ui::mojom::GpuMain
[0404/183627.854904:ERROR:gpu_child_thread.cc(330)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[0404/183627.936080:ERROR:desktop_window_tree_host_x11.cc(1141)] Not implemented reached in virtual void views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11::InitModalType(ui::ModalType)
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Help me fix this problem.