It would be nice to get the old info back. Every Google search I do to find Opera answers takes me the new forum minus the info. I need an old answer for how to fix the stupid:

"It appears another Opera instance is using the same configuration directory because its lock file is active /home/"your profile"/.opera/lock Do you want to start Opera anyway?"

Google cached mode lets me get some but not the answer I'm looking for.

Ubuntu 12.04
Opera 12.16

I'm using Opera in kiosk mode but each time it starts it always takes you to the first run startup portal page instead of the designated home page. Behind that page is the famous:

"It appears another Opera instance is using the same configuration directory because its lock file is active
/home/"your profile"/.opera/lock
Do you want to start Opera anyway?"

After I close the portal first run startup page and click Yes my designated home page loads. I've tried uninstalling opera and deleting the .opera folder for the profile and then doing a clean install. I'm not using the option in preferences to retain last opened pages. Is there a switch to disable the first run portal redirect?

Note: I have searched far and wide for an answer to this problem but seem to get only old forum links that do not exist any more. Can you also populate your new forum with your old KB info?