Hi all,

I'm trying to use multiple profile directories with parameter --profile-directory=Default as one configuration set and another location --profile-directory=OtherprofileWork as a separate config set. Then i want to launch each profile from separate shortcuts simultaneously.

Your Linux distribution and version
xubuntu 22.04 current updated.

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS"

Your version of Opera
opera --help|more
Opera 104.0.4944.28 Stable

A description of the problem, including as much as information as possible
browser seize. appears to be UI and runtime just barfs. if i drag a window over the frozen browser, it smears ghosts of the dragged window over the unresponsive browser screen.

Steps to (try to) reproduce the issue

launch browser from command line
opera --profile-directory=Default&
the ampersand puts the job in the background and returns to shell prompt. this is normal
the ordinary stdout chatter happens
================ blablabla

libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
[343388:343388:1025/052755.772591:ERROR:CONSOLE(2)] "Uncaught (in promise) [object Object]", source: chrome://startpage/startpage.js (2)
Warning: loader_get_json: Failed to open JSON file lvp_icd.x86_64.json
Warning: loader_get_json: Failed to open JSON file intel_hasvk_icd.x86_64.json
Warning: loader_get_json: Failed to open JSON file lvp_icd.i686.json
Warning: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvulkan_radeon.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied
Warning: loader_icd_scan: Failed loading library associated with ICD JSON /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvulkan_radeon.so. Ignoring this JSON
Warning: loader_get_json: Failed to open JSON file intel_hasvk_icd.i686.json
Warning: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvulkan_intel.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied
Warning: loader_icd_scan: Failed loading library associated with ICD JSON /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvulkan_intel.so. Ignoring this JSON
Warning: loader_get_json: Failed to open JSON file radeon_icd.i686.json
Warning: loader_get_json: Failed to open JSON file intel_icd.i686.json
Warning: loader_scanned_icd_add: Could not get 'vkCreateInstance' via 'vk_icdGetInstanceProcAddr' for ICD libGLX_nvidia.so.0
Warning: vkCreateInstance: Found no drivers!
Warning: vkCreateInstance failed with VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER
    at CheckVkSuccessImpl (../../third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/VulkanError.cpp:88)
    at CreateVkInstance (../../third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:458)
    at Initialize (../../third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:344)
    at Create (../../third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:266)
    at operator() (../../third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:521)
================ /blabla

browser functions normally with the specified profile directory data and settings

run opera again
opera --profile-directory=OtherprofileWork
only one line of chatter occurs and returns to the prompt. I believe it linked this execution to the existing process tree, with a new parameter, and that seized it.

Expected behavior and actual one
expected behavior
separate process parent with new profile setting

actual behavior
[sound of cowpie hitting a mud-puddle THppt PLOP!]

Thanks All!!!

-Tom Houghtby