Posts made by ctrlaltdel

@joklok

Thanks for the update, joklok. That is wonderful news and I'm grateful to hear of it.

@davidrmf said in Latest Update Broke the Opera UI:

Just wanted to confirm. Actually, on all three versions since the problem started, turning Hardware Acceleration solves the situation. Basically, no changes in the most recent version. Unfortunately, turning that on is not an option for all of us. Thanks for replying.

That's unfortunate. I got the Opera 72 update but thought I'd check here before going to the trouble of installing it, not having it work, and then having to rollback to Opera 70.

I was hoping that all the versions of 71 were going to be the only ones not working correctly and everything would be back to normal when Opera 72 arrived.

At this point, forcing you to turn on hardware acceleration or not being able to use the browser seems to just be a feature for Opera Linux users, not an error, and will never be changed.

It may be time to move on.

@minivan said in Latest Update Broke the Opera UI:

@ctrlaltdel Not everyone experiences these issues and not everyone has problems with it. Most people would just go ahead and try it themselves for a day/week before deciding it. Its a free piece of software that you can easily install/uninstall along side any other browser. So yes, it (still) reads to me like the OP was looking for a reason to not try it. That is the troll part. Why bother posting that comment at all?

The browser is broken; the only people not having issues with it are the people that likely already had hardware acceleration activated.

The poster you called a troll, for no reason, was merely stating that he was glad that he came and checked things out here before installing.

He wasn't promoting another browser, he wasn't insulting a specific operating system in favor of another operating system and he wasn't ridiculing Opera users.

He merely stated that he was happy that he didn't go ahead and install a broken browser before checking out the comments here. That is what this board is for, to help people.

He was helped by visiting here. No one is enough of a fanboy of any software, I don't think, to call someone a troll for refusing to use a product that is not currently working correctly.

Free or proprietary doesn't really matter for what is being discussed. Of course anyone can uninstall or not use any piece of software that they don't like. But, if anyone was trolling, it was you be being reactionary and feeling as if you had to be the defender of Opera's integrity.

@hectormaciasa1979

Do it, just go back to 70. 71 is a complete wash and will never be right. Version 70 is just fine for a while. You aren't going to really miss anything that important. Any "security" updates that may not be present in 70 aren't that big of a deal for the vast majority of users.

Go back to 70 and forget about it until 72 comes out and maybe that version will be better.

@vr51

Thanks, VR51. It's odd. The labels on the Speed Dial categories and the text on the Speed Dial entries are very large and all merge into one another. This issue was never an issue before upgrading to 71, just like the other problems.

I thought maybe it was the same for everyone. Thanks for responding with the information you provided.

@minivan said in Latest Update Broke the Opera UI:

@pyromantiker Even with this bug, things are much better in Opera than they are in firefox. Honestly, if you were really going to switch, then you'd switch. And if you were looking for a reason to not switch, then you found one. I doubt that this specific issue is the reason you'd not make the switch. It will get fixed in a matter of days, not a year. I'm sure you weren't trying to troll, but your comment reads that way.

Hang on a second; let me make sure I understand this. You just called a poster a troll that said he would wait before using Opera after reading post after post after post after post about how Opera doesn't work properly.

People are complaining and looking for solutions in every other thread. Opera doesn't work any longer. And here you are calling someone who thinks he will wait until things are worked out before switching to Opera a troll?

If anyone is trolling, it is you. What you said to this poster doesn't make sense. Why would someone willingly install a browser that doesn't work? That would be idiotic.

@davidrmf

Thanks, David. Downgrading is really the only choice for most users. Personally, I've never seen a browser release that literally kills the main functionality of itself before.

And then updates follow that do not fix the issue.

It is really bizarre. It isn't some minor issue like not being able to access history or maybe a new tab not closing or something.

It's the main Opera menu and right click context menu functionality that is trashed and Opera can't seem to find a resolution for it. It has nothing to do with Chrome because, as we all know, Chrome isn't Opera.

I don't know. Maybe the developers of Opera have just encountered an issue that they aren't educated or intelligent enough to fix. It could happen, you know. If no one working on Opera is smart enough to fix something, who is going to do it?

The problem may never be corrected, which would be sad.

@vr51

Everyone knows about the right click menu and Opera menu being taken away from users in the latest release for some reason that hasn't yet been determined.

But, in addition to that, have your or anyone else reading this thread, had an issue with font sizes in Speed Dial being too large after updating to 71?

I am also having this issue, along with the others like the Opera Menu and right click context menu being purposely removed by Opera.

@t0kir0

Great, tOkirO. I'm glad you were able to go back. I had no idea ftp@opera existed. Thanks for the link.

@t0kir0 said in Latest Update Broke the Opera UI:

@KetoKelo Thank you for advice, unfortunatelly this not work on my case. I enable this option, but no effect on menu and right click still not work. maybe my pc is old enough and no hardware acceleration here? How to downgrade to 70...?

If you are using Ubuntu or Linux Mint, I saved the latest .deb file that I downloaded from Opera. It is version 70.0.3728.119. I uploaded it for you here:

Opera .deb file

It will tell you that you have a newer version installed on your computer, because you have already installed 71, and ask you if you really want to use an older version. Accept it and proceed to install.

Other versions for different Linux distributions can be found here: Opera Install

@t0kir0 said in Latest Update Broke the Opera UI:

@KetoKelo So guis, after restarting I have brand new opera. without any setings from before. menus and right click still not work, I qiut till new update :((

I don't blame you, tOkirO. This is a clown show release by Opera. It has nothing to do with Chrome because we have been told that Opera is not Chrome.

So this catastrophe is all on Opera. They may have released a version of their browser that doesn't work just for a good laugh at their user's expense.

I can't logically come up with any other reason for them to knowingly allow Opera 71 to be pushed out having full knowledge that it would not work properly.

@KetoKelo said in Latest Update Broke the Opera UI:

@t0kir0 @ctrlaltdel @dabuntu @vr51 Enable hardware acceleration.

Thank you, KetoKelo, for bringing that workaround to our attention. But, it still isn't satisfactory and I will not upgrade again until a permanent solution is made.

Forcing users to enable hardware acceleration or you can't use our browser is no way to operate. If Opera has decided to permanently make this a feature of their browser, I will no longer use it.

I have a much better processor, an i7, than I do a graphics card which is a low end Nvidia. On games as simple as Miniclip pool, the playback becomes jerky and unreliable after just a few moments with enable hardware acceleration activated.

If Opera has decided that they will no longer allow their users to choose between activating hardware acceleration and deactivating it, I believe it will be time for a lot of users to move on out of necessity, not choice.

@Opera-Comments-Bot

Do not update to 71. It destroys your browser. Your O Menu will no longer work. There will be no way to right click. The font sizes will be blown up to a point where everything looks ridiculously large. Password fields no longer work properly, etc...

Be wary. Alert !!!

Same here. Opera menu button is not operational, fonts are blown out of proportion, can't right click, etc...

The update basically renders the browser unusable.

These issues arose immediately with the update to 71.0.3770.148. I would recommend staying far away from any Opera update for a while until this catastrophe can be investigated or fixed.

I've never seen an approved update pushed out by a company that literally destroys their own product. This seems very suspicious.

@magnusopus said in Opera Linux Auto Start Magnet Links for Torrents:

@ctrlaltdel Thanks for responding. I have downloaded this program in both Windows 10 and Linux. The Windows version works as you describe, but the Linux version does not. I am not given a choice for the program in Linux when I try to use a magnet to download. I must be missing some step to connect qBittorrent with torrent downloading in Linux when a magnet is clicked. I am still looking everywhere for a solution.

If the xdg-open box is appearing, as you said here:

I try and get a box that pops up: xdg-open

That is the box you want to click to activate and that should allow you to access your torrent app.

@magnusopus

First, you would need to install either qBitTorrent or Deluge. Second, when those boxes pop up presenting you with choices, simply pick either qBitTorrent or Deluge as the program you wish for Opera to point to when downloading torrents.

The program that you chose should then open and start downloading your torrent file.

@gseva

Correct. This is the easiest solution and the one I have been using for quite a while now. To put it in plain words, for those that may not understand your commands, they can do this:

To Force Opera and Vivaldi to Play h.264 Files:

libffmpeg.so

The file above must be replaced.

Opera's file is at user/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

Vivaldi's file is at opt/vivaldi/lib

and it must be replaced with

libffmpeg.so

from user/lib/chromium-browser

I tried to edit the post above for clarity but time elapsed and I was no longer allowed to do that.

Basically, if you are using Mint Cinnamon, all you have to do to have Opera open in any position and size you wish is to permanently pin a tab. It can be any tab you wish.

Edit the opera.desktop file at local/share/applications at the sixth line, under [Destop Entry], to this:

Exec=opera %U

and save the file. Log out of your computer and back in and it should work fine. Just make sure to have a tab pinned.

The above quit working, for some reason, and reverted back to opening minimized/too small for me, and not the size or position that I desired. To remedy this, I have found another solution. This solution, oddly, requires a tab, any tab from any site you wish, to be permanently pinned.

After pinning a tab, Opera will then remember it's size and position upon reopening in Mint Cinnamon regardless of the settings choice in System Settings/Windows/Moving and Resizing Windows/Location of Newly Opened Windows.

sgunhouse,

Thanks for the suggestion. Firefox and Vivaldi both opened in whatever position and size I closed them in so I never thought to look into Cinnamon settings. I assumed the issue was internally within Opera. I was wrong.

After your suggestion, I navigated to System Settings/Windows/Moving and Resizing Windows/Location of Newly Opened Windows and changed that setting from automatic to manual and Opera now opens where and at what size it was last.

Thank you.