<![CDATA[Zombie autoupdate processes]]>Recently I switched to opera but I'm having A Lot of issues with the "opera_autoupdat" process, basically it flood my PC with tons of zombie process, I searched around on google and on this forum as well but apparently this is an old issues that isn't being resolved, do I need to switch back to firefox?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/53750/zombie-autoupdate-processesRSS for NodeFri, 12 Jun 2026 11:52:11 GMTWed, 19 Jan 2022 08:26:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:50:19 GMT]]>I have had the same problem on Linux Mint, Opera 83. Deleting the opera_autoupdate file have resolved the issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/274932https://forums.opera.com/post/274932Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:50:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:22:11 GMT]]>@corxo said in Zombie autoupdate processes:

@john-53 As I said before I even installed opera on a different machine that didn't had a previous opera installation, I'm still getting this zombie processes on this computer

I'm out of ideas, or at least ideas that you might be open to.

Or maybe you would be open to this.

I never suggest Ubuntu to people. I think Linux Mint is superior (I always go with Cinnamon desktop). For something even lighter, Bodhi Linux with the more robust AppPack iso. These are both based on Ubuntu, but without the telemetry collecting that Ubuntu loves to incorporate.

I also really dislike the GNOME desktop.

Anyway it's a thought, but I don't know how much trouble that would be for you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/273265https://forums.opera.com/post/273265Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:22:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:52:50 GMT]]>@john-53 As I said before I even installed opera on a different machine that didn't had a previous opera installation, I'm still getting this zombie processes on this computer

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/273188https://forums.opera.com/post/273188Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:52:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:54:00 GMT]]>@corxo said in Zombie autoupdate processes:

@john-53 I did this and even installed it on a different machine (with ubuntu 20.04 as well) where Opera was never installed, same outcome, still having zombie processes

At this point you should check your Opera folders for opera_autoupdate file or something similar and delete it. Perhaps there's a file like this that was left over from your previous install that wasn't deleted.

Doing a purge does not delete every single thing, just most everything.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/273112https://forums.opera.com/post/273112Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:54:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:01:29 GMT]]>@john-53 I did this and even installed it on a different machine (with ubuntu 20.04 as well) where Opera was never installed, same outcome, still having zombie processes

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272925https://forums.opera.com/post/272925Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:01:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:29:48 GMT]]>If you're still getting the zombie process, and you find this unacceptable, you may need to completely purge Opera and start all over, because configuration files from the deb install could have been left over, which the new install didn't change.

sudo apt purge opera-stable

You would then install via the command line as previously posted.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272725https://forums.opera.com/post/272725Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:29:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:12:28 GMT]]>@sgunhouse I downloaded the deb file from download.opera.com and installed it

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272690https://forums.opera.com/post/272690Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:12:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:32:28 GMT]]>@corxo And before that (since you had Opera before)?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272688https://forums.opera.com/post/272688Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:32:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:11:47 GMT]]>@john-53 I followed your guide:

I found the best way to install Opera was by command line with sudo apt install opera-stable

I also add Opera to my repo by adding the key and download server.

wget -qO- https://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add –

sudo add-apt-repository “deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free”

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272684https://forums.opera.com/post/272684Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:11:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:37:30 GMT]]>@corxo said in Zombie vautoupdate processes:

ps -aux | grep defunct

How did you install Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272662https://forums.opera.com/post/272662Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:37:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:13:49 GMT]]>@john-53 This doesn't solve the issue, I'm still having zombie processes

ps -aux | grep defunct
user 20564  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    08:59   0:00 [opera_autoupdat] <defunct>
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272616https://forums.opera.com/post/272616Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:13:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 03:20:20 GMT]]>I found the best way to install Opera was by command line with sudo apt install opera-stable

I also add Opera to my repo by adding the key and download server.

wget -qO- https://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add –

sudo add-apt-repository “deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free”

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272602https://forums.opera.com/post/272602Thu, 20 Jan 2022 03:20:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:36:14 GMT]]>@sgunhouse Ubuntu 20.04

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272534https://forums.opera.com/post/272534Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:36:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Zombie autoupdate processes on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:07:12 GMT]]>@corxo In Linux? On a Debian or RPM based system, Opera can't update itself and in many cases your package manager updates it for you. So, what exact distro are you using?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/272531https://forums.opera.com/post/272531Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:07:12 GMT