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    • Northnet
      Northnet @Guest last edited by

      I'm having the same issue. I have disabled HA, which does seem to help a little but not cure the issue. In fact this is the second time I have tried to switch my browser to Opera, the same issue forced me over to Firefox for the past year or so. Hard to believe both the video player issue and these lock-ups are still a problem! The 'easy setup' trick is handy to know, but not very convenient when using a trackpad. I have pasted my machine details below:

      System:    Host: ideapad Kernel: 5.3.0-40-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.4.0
                 Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu4) dm: lightdm Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
      Machine:   Device: laptop System: LENOVO product: 81A5 v: Lenovo ideapad 120S-14IAP serial: N/A
                 Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40700WIN serial: N/A
                 UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO v: 6GCN20WW X64 date: 08/15/2017
                 Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo ideapad 120S-14IAP serial: N/A
      Battery    BAT1: charge: 31.1 Wh 100.2% condition: 31.1/32.2 Wh (96%) volts: 8.6/7.5
                 model: LENOVO BASE-BAT serial: <filter>status: N/A
      CPU:       Quad core Intel Pentium N4200 (-MCP-) arch: N/A cache: 1024 KB
                 flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 8755
                 clock speeds: min/max: 800/2500 MHz 1: 1199 MHz 2: 941 MHz 3: 995 MHz 4: 1005 MHz
      Graphics:  Card: Intel Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Integrated Graphics Controller
                 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5a84
                 Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
                 Resolution: 1366x768@60.06hz
                 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 505 (Broxton)
                 version: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.8 (compat-v: 3.0) Direct Render: Yes
      Audio:     Card Intel Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Audio Cluster
                 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:5a98
                 Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k5.3.0-40-generic
      Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
                 driver: ath10k_pci bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042
                 IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
                 Card-2: Atheros usb-ID: 001-002 chip-ID: 0cf3:e500
                 IF: null-if-id state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
      Drives:    HDD Total Size: 128.0GB (72.5% used)
                 ID-1: /dev/sda model: RTITF128PCA1MADL size: 128.0GB serial: <filter>
      Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 14G (75%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
                 ID-2: /home size: 9.8G used: 6.1G (65%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
                 ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.69GB (16%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
      RAID:      System: supported: N/A
                 No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
                 Unused Devices: none
      Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0C mobo: N/A
                 Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
      Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-bionic.list
                 deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu bionic main
                 deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu bionic main
                 Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
                 deb https: //mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_18.04/ ./
                 Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nathan-renniewaldock-flux-bionic.list
                 deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/nathan-renniewaldock/flux/ubuntu bionic main
                 deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/nathan-renniewaldock/flux/ubuntu bionic main
                 Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
                 deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com tara main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
                 deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
                 deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
                 deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
                 deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
                 deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
                 Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
                 deb https: //deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)
                 Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tor.list
                 deb https: //deb.torproject.org/torproject.org bionic main
                 deb-src https: //deb.torproject.org/torproject.org bionic main
      Info:      Processes: 261 Uptime: 1 day Memory: 2463.5/3570.5MB
                 Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.4.0 Client: Unknown python3.6 client inxi: 2.3.56
      
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      • thomas-rager
        thomas-rager last edited by

        I have the same problem under VirtualBox and Mint 19 as Guest. Opera is not usable anymore. It constantly freezes. On my native devices the bug does not appear.

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        • Northnet
          Northnet @thomas-rager last edited by

          @thomas-rager I agree that Opera is not useable in its current state. I have reverted to Firefox, again, which is a shame because the inbuilt Opera VPN service is brilliant.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User @thomas-rager last edited by

            @thomas-rager said in Opera lock up randomly every 5 to 10 seconds (66.0.3515.27):

            I have the same problem under VirtualBox

            Today I searched the VirtualBox bugtracker for my - as I guess - related problem, because VB throws an exception and kills the running machine (Host Win10, guest Solus), whenever I close Opera. Sometimes even when I close a tab, but I've had no Opera lags with my current settings that time.

            I found something with a suggested workaround (to avoid the crashes) that told me to disable the checkbox in the VB settings which switches the 3D support on. So I did.

            Result: no more crashes, but the annoying lags again.

            Hm...

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            • thomas-rager
              thomas-rager @Guest last edited by

              @robomike

              I tried to disable hardware acceleration. I did this in VirtualBox and also tried the Opera setting. Did not fix my problem.
              I think the problem is related to this sandbox issue...

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                @thomas-rager : no, the problem returned for me after disabling hardware acceleration in VB. But the permanent crashes of the whole VM stopped.

                Well - a new strange observation, is anyone able to confirm?

                When I open the "Taskmanager" (Opera menu, developer Tools, key shortcut "shift-escape") and let it run, even in the background, then the lags and locks seem to be significantly shorter. But only as long as the "Memory Usage"-Tab is activated... seriously?

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                • Northnet
                  Northnet @Guest last edited by

                  @robomike Weird, but true! The lock-ups still occur, but less frequently, and probably shorter too. I wonder if any of the Opera techies are reading this thread, or are we wasting our time?

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                  • Northnet
                    Northnet @Northnet last edited by

                    @Northnet Ahh! I have an Opera update waiting. 67.0.3575.31. I will update now and see what happens...

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                    • Northnet
                      Northnet @Northnet last edited by

                      @Northnet I believe this is a eureka moment! Ran the update to 67.0.3575.31 and... no more lockups. At least, not in the 5 minutes since opening Opera after the update.

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                      • soundchaser59
                        soundchaser59 @Northnet last edited by

                        @Northnet
                        Not helpful for me yet, as I'm using LM 19.3 Tricia and my desktop is Mate 1.22.2 and
                        base is Ubuntu 18.04 bionic. When I click on the button to check for Opera updates it tells me my version 66.0.3515.103 is already up to date.

                        Maybe I have to uninstall and download again and see if I get a newer version.

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                        • soundchaser59
                          soundchaser59 last edited by soundchaser59

                          Well, now I am very hopeful! I followed @Northnet 's lead and manually downloaded and installed the latest version 67.0.3575.31 (after doing a complete removal using synaptic package manager).

                          I have been surfing and browsing now for almost an hour with no freezing and no lockups!

                          It was interesting that I had to manually download the latest package from the Opera web site and use gdebi package installer to install it before Opera recognized it as an update. When I tried to use Software Manager it told me there were missing dependencies and packages required that would not be installed, etc. So I closed that and played a hunch by using the gdebi package installer, and it seems to have worked fine. It even said all dependencies were satisfied.

                          So far so good!

                          THANK YOU Opera devs for attention to this issue! Time to import bookmarks!

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                          • pindos
                            pindos last edited by

                            I have small freezes yet after update to Opera 67. This happens on some page with heavy content.

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                            • Northnet
                              Northnet @soundchaser59 last edited by

                              Some time after the update to 67, I can confirm that my issues are completely resolved. This is my low power (Pentium - 4Gb RAM) browsing laptop, and not only is it not freezing, but responsiveness is distinctly better. Better than Firefox on the same machine, and feeling positively 'snappy'.

                              @pindos If page content is causing a problem, I think maybe it is time to consider your local resources. Lagging processor, insufficient memory, cache waiting for disk to catch up, that sort of thing?

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                              • arup65
                                arup65 last edited by

                                The latest Opera fixes the issue and works with sandbox.

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                                • soundchaser59
                                  soundchaser59 last edited by

                                  24 hours of intensive browsing and no more freezing for me.

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                                  • zibi1981
                                    zibi1981 last edited by

                                    Opera still freezes on my system if not started with "--disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox" option. But when I want to add some more security to it using Firejail and AppArmor, Opera is not saving any settings! Every start gives me a welcome window and I have to reconfigure it again. I don't have the time and patience and I've switched to Vivaldi for now. It works perfectly with

                                    firejail --apparmor /usr/bin/vivaldi-stable --disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox %U
                                    
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                                    • thomas-rager
                                      thomas-rager last edited by

                                      With the newest Opera version the freezes are gone in the VM. Sadly is this version constantly freezing/crashing on my Thinkpad with Linux Mint 19.3. I don't know if the Devs at Opera are testing their Linux build proper. But this is really annoying. In the VM I will use the latest Version and on my Thinkpad I will stay with 66.0.3515.72 and the ffmpeg fix.

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                                      • minho
                                        minho last edited by

                                        @thomas-rager if synchronization is enabled on your linux mint, disable it.
                                        Then freezing will probably stop.

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                                        • thomas-rager
                                          thomas-rager @minho last edited by

                                          @minho I currently stay with version 66. This version is usable. I don't have time to beta test every new Opera Version.

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                                          • A Former User
                                            A Former User last edited by

                                            Just to update, some months ago, Opera managed to fix this, and thank you all the programmers for this fix.

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