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    • admiralaustinfinity
      admiralaustinfinity last edited by

      Attempted to check hardware acceleration, but after a complete clean uninstall and reinstall from an offline package, Opera won't even start.

      A blank window is loaded before the process stalls at around ~30-50mb memory usage, along with the original flickering cursor problem.

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      • Deleted User
        Deleted User last edited by

        Same thing here. Kind of annoying , but, seemingly, not serious.

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        • alterthebridge
          alterthebridge last edited by

          Hi,

          I am also getting this issue. It definitely has to do with loading new info. Aside from Soundcloud I am also getting the issue on https://rateyourmusic.com/ and https://www.dominos.ca/ (this is escpecially apparent on the ordering menu. Clicking another topping completely freezes the browser for me). I've tried the same stuff on Waterfox and am not getting these issues.

          Another thing I noticed was that when it's flickering like this it is impossible to close the tab. In some extreme cases when I had 4 or 5 tabs of Soundcloud open it froze the entire browser and stopped the music playing.

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          • bbildman
            bbildman last edited by

            Had this problem, but turned Hardware Acceleration ON, it went away

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            • admiralaustinfinity
              admiralaustinfinity last edited by

              Is there any way to turn hardware acceleration on outside of the browser window? I currently can't launch Opera at all, or at least get past the resulting white screen when I try.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                Is there any way to turn hardware acceleration on outside of the browser window?

                Did you disable it before? It should be enabled by default.

                I guess there is a command line but I don't remember it now. Try searching for Chromium command lines.

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                • browzer1
                  browzer1 last edited by

                  leo, on my Opera, HA was turned off even after the last update. I have since turned it on.

                  What I find troubling about HA is the fact that someone reports a problem and the experts say turn ON/OFF HA.

                  I really wish Opera would get their act together on this issue.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    Im getting the same thing on google maps UK with both HA on and off.

                    Just come back to Opera after years. I gave it up because it was so hopelessly buggy. Looks like its still in that awful state.

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                      What I find troubling about HA is the fact that someone reports a problem and the experts say turn ON/OFF HA.

                      Disabling hardware acceleration is/should be just a workaround and not the final solution.

                      I really wish Opera would get their act together on this issue.

                      I guess that most probably Chromium would need to do it.

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                      • admiralaustinfinity
                        admiralaustinfinity last edited by

                        I'm almost certain I left HA enabled prior to the latest update.

                        Clearly if this is a bug, it's not exclusive to me either, given the other instances brought up in this thread.

                        For lack of any recent updates or accessible workarounds, I've gone over to Firefox for time being.

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          I had this too. Enabling HA seems fix it. But this is kind of bad, i have for now super bad gpu, and watching any video stream in high quality is slowing it down hard, just cpu is much faster and i can watch on it without any problem. Could be good to fix it.

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            Same thing for me after the latest update, and as described above, turning hardware acceleration back ON made it go away. Bit wary of what is actually going on in the background though, for this to just start outta nowhere.

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by

                              I am having this issue as well. I have HA turned on. It is especially bad when I try to use Zillow to look for a house or apartment. Normally the house page will load over Google Maps and to show pictures, etc. However, in it's present state, the page will never stop loading, I get a blue circle that keeps spinning. the loading indicator on the tab continues to spin and it basically freezes the browser. It takes numerous clicks to close the tab. None of this happens in Edge or Firefox. Opera has been my browser of choice for the last year of so due to its speed. But this is very annoying. Hopefully, this can get corrected soon.

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                              • opera-or-vivaldi
                                opera-or-vivaldi last edited by

                                Hardware Acceleration = ON

                                • Dropped frames and stuttering on YouTube
                                • Randomly can't move the window and switch tabs using a Wacom tablet. (Windows 10 only - Windows 7 and 8.1 are OK)

                                Hardware Acceleration = OFF

                                • YouTube is OK.
                                • Wacom driver is OK.
                                • This problem appears - Flickering / Flashing pointer

                                So, I either can't use my Wacom tablet, or I'm getting this Flickering / Flashing pointer.

                                Currently I'm testing Vivaldi. But it doesn't have portable version by default (which I really need), and turning Hardware Acceleration OFF is only via command line when starting.

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                                • opera-or-vivaldi
                                  opera-or-vivaldi last edited by

                                  In my case it appears to be any extension related to blocking ads. After disabling all of them, there is no more flickering of the mouse pointer / cursor.

                                  Tested the following:

                                  • AdBlock
                                  • AdBlocker Ultimate
                                  • Adguard AdBlocker
                                  • Ghostery
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                                  • operausver
                                    operausver last edited by

                                    This is not adblocking issue... Disabling AdBlock didn't change anything...

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                                    • alterthebridge
                                      alterthebridge last edited by

                                      Hi opera-or-vivaldi,

                                      I don't think it has much to do with adblocking. The only extension I had blocking stuff was uMatrix and even after I removed it the cursor still flickered. Google Maps is downright unsuable. I have no extensions enabled right now and the flickering is still occuring.

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                                      • operausver
                                        operausver last edited by

                                        This is major bug... look at the number of threads about this issue...

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                                        • pkshivaram
                                          pkshivaram last edited by

                                          Same issue for me also opera is so slow.

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                                          • toewsrus
                                            toewsrus last edited by

                                            This sucks! any page with google maps is unuseable! please fix fast!

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