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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Extension requests => Topic started by: meo on October 31, 2011, 01:52:35 PM

Title: Newest version of Opera
Post by: meo on October 31, 2011, 01:52:35 PM
Hi guys!

Would be nice to have the latest version of the Opera browser.

Have fun keeping up your good work extending the limits of TC,
meo
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on October 31, 2011, 03:10:57 PM
Uploading the 11.52 update to opera-11.tcz now.

Yeah, the newer Operas are very nice, almost enough so to make me want to use it as my main browser instead of Firefox.  Almost.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: gerald_clark on October 31, 2011, 04:23:16 PM
I get an error popup every time  I close opera-11
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on October 31, 2011, 04:25:56 PM
Ok, I will check it out.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on October 31, 2011, 04:36:47 PM
I booted "base norestore" and loaded opera-11.tcz from appbrowser and it is running fine, posting from it now.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: gerald_clark on October 31, 2011, 04:38:07 PM
I cannot type in input fields for Email New account Wizzard.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: gerald_clark on October 31, 2011, 07:11:59 PM
The error popup on exit occurs when any extension requires gtk2.
It is not any of gtk2's dependencies, but gtk2 itself that has the incompatibility.

Flash requires gtk2, as does sgmixer.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on October 31, 2011, 07:44:41 PM
Ok, I will look further.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on October 31, 2011, 08:02:07 PM
I have no issue with plugins attempted, and flash/gtk2.  Which particular plugins are affected?

And on the email issue, I find if you copy and paste to the first field, then you can type the rest.  Would seem to me an Opera bug.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on November 01, 2011, 08:24:44 AM
I will try the new email field with Opera 11.52 on another distro and see if there is still the issue.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: curaga on November 01, 2011, 10:02:38 AM
Sounds like the 11 series still ain't stable enough :P
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on November 01, 2011, 11:17:15 AM
When booting "base norestore" and loading opera-11.tcz from the repo, I have no issue with the text entry on the first field in the new email account wizard.  Perhaps a tce-update would eliminate the issue seen earlier, not at home to try it now.  Or perhaps a particular ~/.gtkrc-2.0 font setting is having an effect.

Oh, but I do see the pop up upon closing opera both with Xing the window or by the exit in the menu.  Oh well, we take the bad with the good with proprietary apps.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: gerald_clark on November 01, 2011, 11:46:37 AM
I did a base norestore and loaded opera-11 from the repo before I posted the problem with mail setup.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Xianwen Chen on January 08, 2012, 12:29:59 AM
Hi Jason,

Can you update oprea-11.tcz to version 11.60 when you've got time?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on January 08, 2012, 12:56:49 AM
Yeah, will do.

Oh, it was already at 11.60, the newest, forgot to update the info file.  Doing now.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Xianwen Chen on January 08, 2012, 01:45:25 AM
Yeah, will do.

Oh, it was already at 11.60, the newest, forgot to update the info file.  Doing now.
Thank you Jason.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Xianwen Chen on January 08, 2012, 08:50:32 PM
Yeah, will do.

Oh, it was already at 11.60, the newest, forgot to update the info file.  Doing now.
Hi Jason. I've just updated opera-11.tcz. However, when I type opera:about, it still says it is 11.52. Can you please have a look at it?
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on January 08, 2012, 10:36:55 PM
Ok, I see it now.  But opera 11.60 crashes every time it is closed, and 11.52 does not do that.  I am not sure if there is any benefit from updating to 11.60, but I will do it tomorrow if time allows.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Xianwen Chen on January 09, 2012, 05:10:14 AM
Hi Jason,

If 11.60 crashes every time you close it, can you send a copy of it to be by email so I can test it on my laptop?
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on January 09, 2012, 01:43:28 PM
Thanks, but it crashes when just using their installer without packaging it, I tried in different paths but the same result.  Opera will crash without 24 bit color, but I ruled that out.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Xianwen Chen on January 09, 2012, 01:51:34 PM
I've done testing it anyway. First of all, it crashes if the color depth is set to 16, which is confirmed by this email [1]. Second, it crashes when you close it, if color depth is set to 24 and Xvesa is used (similar problems are reported in for example, [2]). It indeed seems to be the graphic component of Opera 11.60 which is triggering the problem. Installing Xorg-7.6 actually solves the problem; however, it may not worth it to some (or most) of the Core Linux Opera users, as Opera may have been chosen simply because it consumes less resources and requires a small set of dependencies.

[1] http://my.opera.com/ruario/blog/2011/12/09/crash-on-startup-color-inversion-11-60 (http://my.opera.com/ruario/blog/2011/12/09/crash-on-startup-color-inversion-11-60)
[2] http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=1201262&t=1326134828&page=1#comment11123412 (http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=1201262&t=1326134828&page=1#comment11123412)

EDIT #1 BTW, I used tar.bz2 and tar.xz formats when I was downloading binaries from opera.com.
EDIT #2 I just tested Opera Next 12.00 1213. Though libxft (53KB) is now required, this version of Opera runs fine with Xvesa. As it looks like that the crash problem in 11.60 has been fixed in the development of next version of Opera, I suggest we stay with Opera 11.52 for the moment. Guess we just got back to the origin.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: hiro on January 09, 2012, 03:53:44 PM
I've been using opera-next 12.0 build 1033 every day for months now and if you set the file dialog to X11 it's pretty stable.
I use more than 30 tabs at a time and only run filetool before going to standby just to go sure the sessions are safe. When I ever have to (re)start opera it is because of DNS or kernel issues. But I never lost a tab.
I'd say forget opera11. Since the beginning of opera 9 there's never been any usable version for me (which is why I switched to dillo), but with 12.0 everything works just fine, I can even use java script and the olde flash10 without problems.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: hiro on January 09, 2012, 04:00:54 PM
I never came to sharing my opera .xfilelist entries which save space, here they are:
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home/tc/.adobe/Flash_Player/AssetCache                                                                                                         
home/tc/.macromedia/Flash_Player                                                                                                               
home/tc/.opera-next/application_cache                                                                                                           
home/tc/.opera-next/icons                                                                                                                       
home/tc/.opera-next/temporary_downloads                                                                                                         
home/tc/.opera-next/thumbnails                                                                                                                 
home/tc/.opera-next/widgets                                                                                                                     
home/tc/.opera-next/cache                                                                                                                       
home/tc/.opera-next/pstorage                                                                                                                   
home/tc/.opera-next/opcache                                                                                                                     
home/tc/.opera-next/vps                                                                                                                         
home/tc/.opera-next/mail                                                                                                                       
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on January 09, 2012, 04:14:23 PM
Xianwen -  thanks for testing deeper and finding out more, I  never use Xorg so I would not have noticed that Opera does not crash then.  I would be certain that the Opera folks to not test against the older Xvesa or think compatibility with Xvesa is a priority, so we may be stuck with this behavior in future releases.  In time we will see.
Title: Re: Newest version of Opera
Post by: Jason W on January 09, 2012, 06:02:12 PM
Xianwen, also since I rarely use Opera and you seem very in tune with it, feel free to take over the maintenance of the extension if you want to.