Posts made by john-53

I've had good luck with the instructions at this link. Each Opera update maintains the proper codec with this script for me.

https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/

I followed these instructions over a year ago and I've had no problem with video playback because of the codec issue. Each Opera update maintains the proper codec with this script installed.

https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/

Perhaps something got removed previously which is throwing a spanner in the works.

I checked my LTS based on Ubuntu 20.04 in Synaptic. There are 4 packages installed.

libgcc-s1
libgcc-s1:i386
libgcc-9-dev
libgcc1

Perhaps you can use Synaptic to install whatever packages you need. I only use a .deb package when it's not in Synaptic.

@chienetfou

I don't have an icon on the desktop. I have a panel widget which would qualify as a menu entry.

I am using EthanNisimura's fix.

Each Opera update does reset /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop to Exec=opera %U but that doesn't seem to be an issue. I've been leaving it unchanged recently.

What seems to matter is the /.local/share/applications.opera.desktop file. It doesn't get changed with updates.

As long as it remains Exec=opera --window-size=1920,1080 then Opera always stays maximized.

Debian Buster 10 will drop normal support in July. It's probably time to upgrade to Bullseye 11.

I had the same thing happening with Linux Mint 17 a few years ago before it reached EOL.

@martienne17 said in How do I make Gmail login page be dark?:

@rollingpeanut I don't know if you found a way to do something that would help you with this but if not, you can install the extension Dark Reader from the Chrome store.

https://darkreader.org

Looks good. It darkens practically everything so far except One Tab.

It also widens the scroll bar on some browsers like Chromium which is usually a good thing.

@bkjarvi said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

@exoplanet said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

Opera updated and video playback got bad again so I installed :

chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64

But no luck

My Opera Version: 86.0.4363.23

Same here with 86.0.4363.50. I don't get how this is an issue tbh, Can't watch any type of stream using this.

Have you tried this fix:

https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/

@drstrom said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
Thank you in advanced

I don't know any version numbers. I just know these instructions worked for me several months ago and it updates properly.

My libffmpeg.so file is 1.8 MB in size in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ and another one is 17.4 MB in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/

https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/

@pindos said in Youtube page crashes:

@pnunn You can try this one: https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine

This fixed the h.264 video playback for me many versions ago.

It also applies the fix with each Opera update for me (Ubuntu 20.04 based).

I just upgraded to Opera 86.0.4363.23 and there's still the maximize problem.

Maybe there's something about Ubuntu 20.04 that can't be easily fixed in these latest versions of Opera.

@chienetfou said in Does not stay maximized:

@john-53
Tried to get sudo with gedit admin:// and no joy. But the last update of Opera, 85.0.4341.47, fixed the desktop icon link. That now opens properly. The start menu icon, not so much; it still starts minimized.

Try gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop

or use the terminal with sudo nano /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop

@chienetfou said in Does not stay maximized:

@ethannishimura
Couldn't find that file in my system files. Everything went fine until opera.desktop . All I found was the icon shortcut.

It will show an icon if you're not going to the applications folder with elevated privileges.

You need to either use sudo nano in terminal or use your GUI text editor with root/elevated privileges.

@EthanNishimura

That did work, changing the Exec entry. I also had to change the path for my desktop icon in Moksha.

I just got an Opera update to 85.0.4341.28 and it's back to not maximizing. The opera.desktop file was replaced with the update, so I'm going to have to change all that again.

Maybe somebody can file a bug report.

Since the update to 85.0.4341.18 on March 25, Opera does not always keep last known state, in my case fully maximized.

Sometimes it opens about half the size it's supposed to, a size I never use. I think it depends how long it's been off. The longer I don't use Opera, the more likely it won't be maximized.

I'm using Bodhi 6.0 (Ubuntu-based). I've never had this problem since installing in Bodhi in June 2021.

@cybrsaylr

Since you have SSD you shouldn't being having this sort of problem.

There's something in the initializing process that's holding up Opera. At this point I would have no idea what that is.

It takes mine almost 30 seconds. Same for Chromium.

I have an HDD with 4 GB RAM.

These browsers are getting bloated I guess; an SSD and more RAM will only fix it probably.

@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.

@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.

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.

@corxo said in Zombie vautoupdate processes:

ps -aux | grep defunct

How did you install Opera.