Google Maps not working
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A Former User last edited by
Thanks for the tip tagboy! This makes maps.google.com function as normal.
After Opera 46 update, Google Maps also lets Opera browser use 3D-satellite view and site has same UI as Chrome.
About time, and thanks awesome Opera developers! :love:It also confirms that there is a bug, as this setting should not be required.
Great if someone from Opera would drop by and acknowledge that they are aware of the issue.No fix in update: 46.0.2597.32 (PGO) released today 27JUN.
I’m using browser on a ThinkPad Intel i7, 16GB RAM. Mostly on battery power with Opera battery saver on.
Are there any drawbacks to having hardware acceleration enabled?
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A Former User last edited by
maps.google.com bug is unrelated to battery settings. Currently connected to wall power.
Intel HD Graphics set to maximum performance.
With hardware acceleration disabled, the issue remains.
Chrome and Firefox does fine without.
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A Former User last edited by
Here are the opera://gpu read-outs:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1vyzlyeyxgj96js/opera_gpu_HWA-OFF_270617.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mc7ne2oa6oapp0r/opera_gpu_HWA-ON_270617.pdf -
octars last edited by
I also have a problem with google maps in 46.0.2597.32 (PGO) version.
Turning off or turning on hardware acceleration doesn't help.
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A Former User last edited by
Are you implying that hardware acceleration enabled should be a requirement for a major site such as maps.google.com to work normally on Opera?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
Are you implying that hardware acceleration enabled should be a requirement for a major site such as maps.google.com to work normally on Opera?
Not sure about Google Maps itself.
Anyway, hardware acceleration is enabled by default so if someone has it disabled should be due to some issue.
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A Former User last edited by
Thanks leocg, I’m good.
On Chrome, Google Maps has normal basic functionality with HWA disabled, as did Opera prior to 46 update – that’s why I thought some users might be confused.
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spicers last edited by
same here, with or without hardware acceleration. Version 46.0.2597.26314
To me this is a bug. before no issues, after last couple of updates, maps is not working. One should not bother to turn HWA on or off. Similar using the "lite" version. Can folks from Opera share their lights? -
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kendimen-c last edited by
Cheers!
I have this same problem and tried turning off the Hardware Acceleration, and it sure solves the issue BUT then I realized the Facebook Messenger stops working
Also it seems that the browser works a little slower.
I find it so weird that there is no bug solution yet, as I guess thousands of people might be having the same issues!
So I am using Google Maps LITE for now, so I can use Facebook Messenger.PS: It's my first time commenting here. So I would take the chance to praise the work of Opera that I use since the version 9 and loving it!
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lac21 last edited by
Same problem here. If I enable HW acceleration, google maps works, but then scrolling becomes very slow in Opera (no matter Smooth Scrolling is on or off). That's why I've always disabled HW acc. in the past.
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rdr647 last edited by
When enabling HWA I loose a lot of Youtube functionality, most of the videos turn green. Of course if there's a simple solution to that I could leave HWA permanently on.
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frankiesp last edited by
I have exactly the same. On my HP Spectre PC my Opera browser shows a flickering/blinking round mouse pointer / cursor.
I tried all kind of settings in Opera, no help. I fully totally uninstalled Opera, downloaded new and installed again. No help.
And indeed the Lite Mode of google maps works fine.
Full Mode works fine in other browsers too.The problem is that other sites, that embed google maps, have the same problem. They show the blinking cursor and load very slow, or not complete or not at all.
The only thing I can remember was when I first opened Google Calendar (or was it Google Mail) in Opera, it asked something like "do you want to follow? all links to calendar?" (or something like that). Of course like every user, you glance at the message and click yes immediately.
So this is a Opera issue I would say.
Anyone any suggestions?
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morphbay last edited by
I had similar issues with or without HWA. I disabled my VPN (Surfeasy) and Google Maps worked again.
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e1ijah last edited by
It's not only with Google Maps. The issue seems to appear when any map service is active, even if it's embedded in a website. Enabling Hardware Acceleration worked for me.
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thartneid last edited by
Hello folks,
I'm a bit late to the party - but I fully concur.
For me also HWA "on" solves this problem. But then (I've just posted a new thread) all CNN-videos get stuck within seconds and only manually going back ~2 seconds will play them for another ~5 seconds. So this site turns unusable with this setting.
Could you please check if that same consequence occurs on your systems?
Until Opera 45 you could then turn HWA "off" - and CNN-videos would play normally BUT "Google maps" (and some other sites) would work well with only minimal delay.
Unfortunately (as I've explained in the new thread) until Opera 45 videos would not play "full-screen" on a 4K-display - but would rather play in native resolution in the upper left corner instead. This issue seems now resolved in Opera 46 - but at what cost! Without HWA even pretty basic sites seem to load (blinking busy cursor) for 15 seconds and more and sites like "Google maps" will never proceed to the final navigational layers.
So please could you all check out if with HWA set "on" your CNN-videos get stuck within seconds, too?
greetings
Tom
