Blank screen on startup

trineogmorten

Hmm, using "vivaldi-stable --disable-gpu" from the shell didn't work

npro

@trineogmorten said in Blank screen on startup:

didn't work

what do you mean by that, you are getting the same errors in the terminal?

you should probably also check your permissions in your .config directory.

trineogmorten

I am seeing this when I try the suggested command:

morten@morten-OptiPlex-9020:~$ vivaldi-stable --disable-gpu
[26570:26570:0405/123801.356666:ERROR:network_service_instance_impl.cc(612)] Network service crashed, restarting service.
[26570:26570:0405/123801.764495:ERROR:service_worker_task_queue.cc(199)] DidStartWorkerFail mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli: 3
[26570:26570:0405/123811.239320:ERROR:sharing_service.cc(303)] Device registration failed with fatal error

npro

@trineogmorten It's weird that you are getting network service errors, could it be related having configured that PC as a server as you said? That could maybe explain your previous permission issues as well. Do you get the same if you start the browser in a clean new profile?

vivaldi-stable --user-data-dir=/tmp/vivtest/ and then with --disable-gpu.

trineogmorten

I'm certainly also confused. I'm not a Linux expert by any stretch of the imagination so it is all new to me...
The Linux Mint install on my "server" is 100% standard. Only thing is that I connect to it using TigerVNC

I tried the clean profile and that seems to work although I still see some errors:

morten@morten-OptiPlex-9020:~$ vivaldi-stable --user-data-dir=/tmp/vivtest/
[31778:31778:0405/134851.085615:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(183)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[31734:31734:0405/134916.048074:ERROR:search_engines_managers_factory.cc(77)] File can't be read: /tmp/vivtest/search_engines.json
[31734:31734:0405/134916.049473:ERROR:search_engines_managers_factory.cc(77)] File can't be read: /tmp/vivtest/search_engines_prompt.json
[31734:31734:0405/134916.251197:ERROR:network_service_instance_impl.cc(612)] Network service crashed, restarting service.
[31891:31891:0405/134916.342324:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(183)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[31872:7:0405/134916.538253:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(125)] ContextResult::kTransientFailure: Failed to send GpuControl.CreateCommandBuffer.

If I try the --disable-gpu I get the same blank screen as before but maybe you meant trying with a clean profile AND disable GPU?

npro

@trineogmorten yes the latter, but you still have permission errors

What if you try vivaldi-stable --user-data-dir=/tmp/vivtest/ --no-sandbox ?

trineogmorten

Yeah, it's super odd

morten@morten-OptiPlex-9020:~$ vivaldi-stable --user-data-dir=/tmp/vivtest/ --no-sandbox
[33175:33175:0405/140019.552003:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(183)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[33134:33134:0405/140044.489721:ERROR:search_engines_managers_factory.cc(77)] File can't be read: /tmp/vivtest/search_engines.json
[33134:33134:0405/140044.491825:ERROR:search_engines_managers_factory.cc(77)] File can't be read: /tmp/vivtest/search_engines_prompt.json
[33134:33134:0405/140044.661167:ERROR:network_service_instance_impl.cc(612)] Network service crashed, restarting service.
[33290:33290:0405/140044.727797:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(183)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[33295:33305:0405/140044.840907:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(125)] ContextResult::kTransientFailure: Failed to send GpuControl.CreateCommandBuffer.
[33268:33288:0405/140044.876142:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(125)] ContextResult::kTransientFailure: Failed to send GpuControl.CreateCommandBuffer.
[33134:33134:0405/140045.027175:ERROR:service_worker_task_queue.cc(199)] DidStartWorkerFail mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli: 3

npro

@trineogmorten well I have no other clue, maybe TigerVNC does "stuff" in the background, I 've never used it. Maybe a dev knows better.

trineogmorten

@npro: Fair enough. Thanks for taking the time to try and troubleshoot this

npro

@trineogmorten yeah no problem, maybe if a new profile is more stable you could use that instead of your old one in the end. (not the /tmp obviously)