dist-upgrade broke Opera

Vince · External Since: Jun 16, 2004 Posts: 10

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Chris McCraw · External Since: May 29, 2004 Posts: 3

In a previous article, Vince <nobody DeleteThis @home.invalid> wrote:

>Did a dist-upgrade today and now Opera won't start.
>
>ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
>ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
>./opera: line 325: 20749 Segmentation fault "${OPERA_BINARYDIR}opera" "$@"
>
>Tried the static versions of
>Opera 9.10
>Opera beta 9.20 build 617
>Opera weekly beta 9.20 build 631
>and all fail to start
>
>It looks like the culprit is an upgrade to libx11-6 from 1.0.3-6 to
>1.0.3-7, but I
>could easily be wrong.

I think you're right--we build X11R6.9 from source here and applied the
(essential!) security patch in line with this update and no matter which
version of opera we try we just get a segfault. Unfortunately we get
nothing useful in the gdb backtrace either :/

This is on an ubuntu system (dapper drake) with X11R6.9.

Answers eagerly sought! We'll have 30 or so people without opera tomorrow
morning when the security patch is spread around to the desktops...

Balaam's Miracle · External Since: Mar 04, 2007 Posts: 2

On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:04:32 +0200, Chris McCraw <fool DeleteThis @cs.utexas.edu>
wrote:

>> It looks like the culprit is an upgrade to libx11-6 from 1.0.3-6 to
>> 1.0.3-7, but I
>> could easily be wrong.
>
> I think you're right--we build X11R6.9 from source here and applied the
> (essential!) security patch in line with this update and no matter which
> version of opera we try we just get a segfault. Unfortunately we get
> nothing useful in the gdb backtrace either :/
>
> This is on an ubuntu system (dapper drake) with X11R6.9.

I've no solution or answers, but i'm running Feisty Faun (for the
uninitiated, this is Ubuntu 7.04, Dapper is 6.06) in VMWare and the
segfault problem exists here as well.
The version of libx11-6 is 2:1.1.1ubuntu3 as reported by Synaptic.

This makes me worry about something: Ubuntu Feisty Faun is very close to
its releasedate (april 19th) which will be using X11R7.2. This could mean
that if this is not solved, then a lot of people might be locked out of
Opera after 4/19 since they will be upgrading to the new Ubuntu release.
Hopefully, this will be resolved soon.
Knowing Opera, it will be solved ASAP, but it never hurts to voice my
worries... Smile

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Jack Malmostoso · External Since: Apr 09, 2004 Posts: 212

On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:57:55 -0500, Vince wrote:

> It looks like the culprit is an upgrade to libx11-6 from 1.0.3-6 to
> 1.0.3-7, but I could easily be wrong.

Confirmed here on a Debian Sid system, both static and dynamic versions.
I'll try to downgrade to see if it helps.

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Jack Malmostoso · External Since: Apr 09, 2004 Posts: 212

On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:48:15 +0000, Jack Malmostoso wrote:

> I'll try to downgrade to see if it helps.

Confirmed. libx11-6_1.0.3-6 works just fine.

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Vince · External Since: Jun 16, 2004 Posts: 10

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Vince · External Since: Jun 16, 2004 Posts: 10

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Rijk van Geijtenbeek · External Since: May 14, 2006 Posts: 35

On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:33:28 +0200, Vince wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:57:55 -0500, Vince <nobody.TakeThisOut@home.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Tried the static versions of
>> Opera 9.10
>> Opera beta 9.20 build 617
>> Opera weekly beta 9.20 build 631
>> and all fail to start
>
> Is anybody from Opera paying attention?

Oh yes. A dozen duplicate bug reports have been received already by us,
and then there a Forum thread:
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=183923
.... and mentions in the Desktopteam blog.

This has also been reported by users to Debian and Ubuntu:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417816
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libx11/+bug/102851

> I don't expect a fix within one business day,

Good... problem is, first business day in Norway will be Tuesday. They
have lots of days off around Easter, starting wednesday afternoon. I hope
and think there will be progress before that though.

> but some sort of response saying you're aware of the problem and are
> working on a fix would be a common courtesy.
>
> Meanwhile this is just the tip of the iceberg, as bleeding edge distros
> trickle this library down to the more stable distros.
>
> Using Debian Sid here and have seen where Etch users are already
> affected. And using FireFox is torture when you're used to Opera.
>
> <whine /> I want my Opera.

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Rijk van Geijtenbeek
Opera Software ASA, Documentation & QA
Tweak: http://my.opera.com/Rijk/blog/

Vince · External Since: Jun 16, 2004 Posts: 10

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Jens Schüßler · External Since: May 24, 2006 Posts: 19

* Vince <nobody RemoveThis @home.invalid> [06-04-07 13:46]:
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 22:04:28 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel RemoveThis @operamail.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm giving Galeon a go. And there's always Lynx.
>
> There's a new Opera weekly that works.
> <http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/>

Works on Debian Etch too.
Thanks for the quick response to the Opera-team!

Jens

Remco Lanting · External Since: Mar 11, 2007 Posts: 10

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:46:59 +0200, Vince <nobody RemoveThis @home.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 22:04:28 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel RemoveThis @operamail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm giving Galeon a go. And there's always Lynx.
>
> There's a new Opera weekly that works.
> <http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/>
>
>
> Thank you very much Opera.
>

You can also get it working on 9.10. This was just added to the
desktopteam blog:

"If you do not want to install a weekly release but continue running
version 9.1, you can change the 'DefaultDepth' option to 16 in your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file, as this will also work around the problem."

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Remco Lanting

Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

borda · External Since: Apr 07, 2007 Posts: 2

Vince wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 22:04:28 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel.RemoveThis@operamail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm giving Galeon a go. And there's always Lynx.
>
> There's a new Opera weekly that works.
> <http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/>
>
>
> Thank you very much Opera.
>
i can't get opera working properly Sad

after the upgrade to the weekly build, opera started but crashed
random... then i set the defaultdepth to 16bit and i switched back to
opera 9.1 and now it works again, but again, it crash random... oh well,
not so random after all, it crash when i scroll a page with some strange
characters (e.g.: japanese etc, and NOT when i load up the page... only
when opera render those particular characters)

Sad

Rijk van Geijtenbeek · External Since: Mar 04, 2007 Posts: 13

Op Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:40:45 +0200 schreef borda
<bordaunderscoreg.TakeThisOut@alice.it>:

> Vince wrote:
>> On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 22:04:28 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel.TakeThisOut@operamail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm giving Galeon a go. And there's always Lynx.
>>
>> There's a new Opera weekly that works.
>> <http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much Opera.
>>
> i can't get opera working properly Sad

> after the upgrade to the weekly build, opera started but crashed
> random... then i set the defaultdepth to 16bit and i switched back to
> opera 9.1 and now it works again, but again, it crash random... oh well,
> not so random after all, it crash when i scroll a page with some strange
> characters (e.g.: japanese etc, and NOT when i load up the page... only
> when opera render those particular characters)

Try today's release at the URL above.

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Rijk
Opera Software, QA etc...

borda · External Since: Apr 07, 2007 Posts: 2

Rijk van Geijtenbeek wrote:
>
> Try today's release at the URL above.
>
> --Rijk
> Opera Software, QA etc...
*_* :*
a huge thanks to all the opera team Smile

happy holiday, you deserve it Smile

sinistra · External Since: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 9

Debian 'Lenny' has broken Opera 9.20xxx after dist-upgrade: 24-4-07.

I can hear it stirring on the HD but it will not appear into the fluxbox
window manager

I can't re-image back in time, it's too far to go, will have to wait and see
perhaps. Is this newest problem with Opera and Debian testing happened to
others?

I need it back.

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ne di sirint

S.

Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen · External Since: Apr 02, 2004 Posts: 238

sinistra <sinistra.DeleteThis@pochtamt.ru> writes:

> Debian 'Lenny' has broken Opera 9.20xxx after dist-upgrade: 24-4-07.
>
> I can hear it stirring on the HD but it will not appear into the fluxbox
> window manager
>
> I can't re-image back in time, it's too far to go, will have to wait and see
> perhaps. Is this newest problem with Opera and Debian testing happened to
> others?
>
> I need it back.
>

If you try to start it from a command line, do you get any error
messages?

eirik

sinistra · External Since: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 9

Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen asks:

>If you try to start it from a command line, do you get >any error messages?

Thanks for your letter, this is the message:

opera: xcb_xlib.c:52 xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion
'c->xlib.lock' failed.Aborted

What to do?

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Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen · External Since: Apr 02, 2004 Posts: 238

sinistra <sinistra DeleteThis @pochtamt.ru> writes:

> Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen asks:
>
>>If you try to start it from a command line, do you get >any error messages?
>
> Thanks for your letter, this is the message:
>
> opera: xcb_xlib.c:52 xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion
> 'c->xlib.lock' failed.Aborted
>
> What to do?
>

Ouch! This is a bug in xlib. Some people have been adding a new
interface to X with some improvements over the old xlib stuff. The
error message above says that the sequence of calls into xcb (the new
interface) is wrong. Opera doesn't use xcb directly, so this is
almost certainly a bug in xlib.

In the long term, this should be fixed by upgrading the x libraries to
a version without this bug. In the short term, I don't know what the
solution is.

eirik

sinistra · External Since: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 9

> Ouch! This is a bug in xlib.

Alright Eirik thanks for your help, I'll file a bug report and send along
your analysis to the xlib maintainer.

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S.