Strange symbol keeps appearing.
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IvanFraser last edited by
Every couple of updates I now have to manually reinstall Opera because it causes certain text to appear as a symbol - which is like a d with a cross above it.
(seems to be only in the past year or so).
It does not affect all text, only certain text such as box on the map indicating the number of stops waiting for Amazon delivery and bits and bobs on a limited no of sites.
Typically, a sentence would appear like: dddddddddd
Clearly, something is breaking on certain updates when auto update occurs, because it's fixed with a manual dl of the latest installer.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
Does anyone have a fix/setting other than a manual reinstall when it occurs?
Cheers
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IvanFraser last edited by
@leocg Windows versions have been the latest 10 versions that have been released for home pc over the last couple of years. Problem cannot be nailed down to a particular OS or version. But it has happened concurrently on both main pc and laptop.
I can't replicate the issue for screen shots or checking disabling extensions etc. because the problem is fixed by a new install.
I didn't do the reset or new install route because the issue is fixed by updating from the manual installation route. That fixes the issue. Going through a new fresh install would lose settings etc and take a lot longer. The Opera version is whatever it is now, but has been in several earlier versions going back over a year.
Cannot add any information that would help address the issue. It is purely a random event that occurs and the question is, has anyone experienced it? Is it common?
Obviously, the fix is to not use auto update but to always use the installer. But it would be better to rely on the autoupdate feature.
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A Former User last edited by
@ivanfraser screenshot it before reinstall else provide link to a site that does it. just copy url when it happens
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@ivanfraser Sounds like some sort of a missing character symbol - that is to say, the font in use does not support the character that is to be displayed and so replaces it with some specific symbol. Though in most fonts, the missing character symbol is something like a box.
The symbol in question sounds like it could be an "eth", as seen and described here.
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IvanFraser last edited by
@sgunhouse Thank you. Yes, that's the symbol, the eth. It's definitely a replaced font. It's clear that Opera and my pc supports whatever font is being replaced, as this only happens rarely, and is fixed easily by simply running the manual install of the latest version.
If it occurs again, I will report back with a screen shot and the url. Unfortunately, it's so random, and I fixed it with a manual reinstall of Opera before thinking to come to this forum to ask.
Thanks again for that useful info.
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@ivanfraser You sure simply restarting Opera wouldn't fix it? Or rebooting the computer?
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IvanFraser last edited by
@sgunhouse Opera was restarted many times without a change in the error.
And it appeared numerous times on the pc which we reboot each morning, so I'm fairly sure that wouldn't work. The first time it happened I ignored it assuming it would just right itself after reboot but it didn't.
An autoupdate in the background for the browser really shouldn't require a pc reboot.
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@ivanfraser Actually, I was thinking about memory issues; restarting the browser should release any memory it was using.
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IvanFraser last edited by IvanFraser
@sgunhouse The latest update has caused the exact same issue. I'll post a snip of it with the eth appearing on the Amazon tracker:
Opera version is 76.0.4017.94 -
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@ivanfraser It will, but the board has a size limit. Don't try to capture the entire screen, or else use an image editor to cut it down.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@ivanfraser Did you wait for the image to show up in the preview?
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A Former User last edited by
Get this when upload is used. something wrong somewhere.
https://www.upload.ee/image/13117238/Opera_Snapshot_2021-05-05_182206_forums.opera.com.png
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IvanFraser last edited by IvanFraser
@leocg I tried a few times and waited a while and just got an error message as above in the post by ceedee. 
And just tried again, but still get the error.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@ivanfraser Maybe the forum is having issues. Upload it somewhere else and post the link here.
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IvanFraser last edited by
@leocg I've finally got a wee pic of what I described above, see here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fdlBjqzf7ZTYwoGqar9BywGh1QUec9JV/view?usp=sharing
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@ivanfraser Hmm, the limit used to be 2 MB. I may need to ask the webmaster if they changed something.
Any idea what that text should have said?
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IvanFraser last edited by
@sgunhouse Hi. Yes.
It would have said something like "8 stops away". It's Amazon's delivery tracker.
The eth symbols have also appeared on other websites that my wife uses but are so random and she says just normal paragraphs and text. So not necessarily in that kind of live script.
The last thing she saw it in was in a Wordpress blog.
