youtube pages freezes, then reverts to blank pages with icon in center

mib2berlin

@Rohan77
Hi, no issues here on Opensuse Linux with Vivaldi or other browsers. YT Vanced is an Android app or exists an extension?
Did you tried start without extensions?
Check this in a Guest Profile.

Cheers, mib

tckosvic

@Rohan77 , I started this thread after seeing what you also reported.
It is important to finding a cause/solution that you see this on other browsers and not just on vivaldi.

This fact eliminates browsers and extensions and says it is a youtube problem.
What linux OS are you using?

tom kosvic

tckosvic

Today, I got the "dead bird" on home page/espn sports scores. Wasn't even looking at this page when it happened.; saw it later. First time on any page but youtube. Memory is not an issue (18g out of 32g). Neither is disk space.

I understand about extensions possible involvement but I use these often and eliminating them for something that happens every couple of days is a big imposition. My extensions have been in use for a year or so before this started happening.

I will move back to firefox if this happens frequently.

thanks, tom kosvic

tckosvic

logwatch reports a vivaldi segmentation fault in kernel.

I think it is indicating the time but am not clear how to get back to the log and time. I am working on it.

Info below:

c(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo logwatch
 
 ################### Logwatch 7.7 (07/22/22) #################### 
        Processing Initiated: Mon Sep 23 09:20:52 2024
        Date Range Processed: yesterday
                              ( 2024-Sep-22 )
                              Period is day.
        Detail Level of Output: 0
        Type of Output/Format: stdout / text
        Logfiles for Host: mydesktop
 ################################################################## 
 
 --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ 

 WARNING:  Segmentation Faults in these executables
    [T19386] vivaldi-bin :  1 Time(s)

Need ideas on how to take this further. tom kosvic

mib2berlin

@tckosvic
Hi, check .config/vivaldi/Crash Reports/completed/ if Vivaldi create a crash log at this time.
A UI freeze could be also a crash, Vivaldi just not close.
Then create a bug report and attach the .dmp file.
The developer can analyze the file and often know why it crash.

Cheers, mib

tckosvic

@mib2berlin

I have maybe 50 crashes in ~/.config/vivaldi/Crash Reports/completed
Will do as you suggest.
Having problem extracting reports: Why does vivaldi have directories with "spaces" in directory names, e.g., Crash(space)Reports and try to run code on linux. This is a windows thing and doesn't play well in linux.
First thing I would do would be to correct all the directory and file names in the whole app to replace spaces.

Thanks for your ideas. I will keep it moving. Maybe send all crash reports to bug report central.

tom kosvic

mib2berlin

@tckosvic
Hi, MacOS and Windows users are used to use spaces in file names and Linux can handle it easily.
I prefer underline in names too but don't change the file/folder names in the Vivaldi user directory, please.
I guess the next update will fail then.
About the bug report, I guess the crashes has the same reason, maybe add the last 5 or so in a bug report.

Cheers, mib

tckosvic

@mib2berlin

You're a kde guy. Go into konsole terminal and try to cd into Crash Reports.

mib2berlin

@tckosvic
Yes but since 20 Years, tab is your friend.
cd .config/vivaldi/Crash\ Reports/pending/

tckosvic

@mib2berlin

I was unaware of that trick. Don't deal in windows much at all anymore.
Have windows as dual boot and also in a vm but only do an update on those once a month or so. Been using openSUSE for going on 20 years, I think. Use leap 15.6 but have TW in a vm to run/compile most recent software. Mate desktop.
Linux graphical file manager does handle the spaces with no problem.
But I would still get rid of the spaces. You never know what can go on down deep in a complex program.

Did get the bug report in with a crash report.

Pleasure talking with you. tom kosvic

mib2berlin

@tckosvic
I have to, all my customers use Windows, anyway I use the tool is faster.
Please add the bug report number VB- here, I can check and add some tags and so forth.

Cheers, mib

tckosvic

@mib2berlin

Looks like I accidentally put it in twice. VB-109766, and VB-109767 from the return email(s).

edwardp

@tckosvic @mib2berlin VB-109767 is marked as a duplicate.

tckosvic

@mib2berlin

Just for humor, you need to change your signature blurb from Opensuse to openSUSE. That is the official way to write it. There are some people on openSUSE forum that will get on you.

tom kosvic

mib2berlin

@tckosvic
If they are change to Vivaldi I will do it.

tckosvic

Just got another "dead bird" icon. This time on youtube. About a week after last one.

tckosvic

Just got another dead bird on vivaldi/espn/ncaaf/scores/gamecast. About 3 days after previous one. Again on a page where an active download was running.

No input from the bug report

tom kosvic

mib2berlin

@tckosvic
Hi, you get only news from the bug tracker if the bug is fixed and published in a stable release.
At moment the report is not confirmed, and I cant confirm it.
No dead birds on any page including YT and sometimes I use it for hours.

tckosvic

I just got another dead bird. This time on youtube video. About an hour after the previous one that occurred on espn. Vivaldi is up 24 hrs per day. I never shut down my machine or vivaldi.

Frequency is increasing.

I think I will clear the vivaldi cache and see if that makes a difference.

tom kosvic

mib2berlin

@tckosvic
Hi, how do you update your system and Vivaldi without restart?
The last Vivaldi update was at September 25.
If I am not using something for more than a few hours I shutdown everything, even my router, except my refrigerator.
More serious, is the memory footprint stable over time?

Cheers, mib