Vivaldi won't start until second attempt after Ubuntu upgrade

[chrisnd]

Hi, After some prompting, I recently upgraded my Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04. During this process, Vivaldi also seems to have done an upgrade (as has Thunderbird - but that's irrelevant here).

Since the upgrades, Vivaldi won't start the first time when I click the icon. However if, after waiting a few moments, I click it again then Vivaldi will start correctly (with all my open tabs in place) but with a second (empty) window open in the foreground. This is only an irritation rather than a major issue but I wondered if anyone else has a similar problem?

I have also noticed that if I click on a link somewhere else (eg in an email) then again Vivaldi will not immediately open. In fact, if I click several links elsewhere Vivaldi still will not open but if I then click the Vivaldi icon (once) it will open as above with a blank foreground window. Deleting this to view the window with all my usual tabs, it will also have tabs for the links which I previously clicked.

Again, an irritation more than a problem. Once Vivaldi does open then it all works as expected.

Any ideas how to fix it please?

Chris D

[DoctorG]

@chrisnd Vivaldi as Flatpak or Deb-package?

[chrisnd]

@DoctorG Hi, Thanks for the prompt response. It is version 6.9.3447.41-1 I know I started with a deb - but that's a long time ago and neither Ubuntu's software app nor Synaptic seem to want to confirm this like they used to!

Chris

[DoctorG]

@chrisnd Try a reinstall. Please

1. Start Terminal (Shell)
2. Run
   sudo apt purge vivaldi-stable
3. Run to get latest Vivaldi 6.9.3447.44
   wget -c https://vivaldi.com/download/vivaldi-stable_amd64.deb
4. Run
   sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-stable_amd64.deb
5. Run
   sudo apt -f install

[chrisnd]

Hi again, Unfortunately, this had no effect and both issues remain.
I don't know if it will help but this is the result in Terminal following the last command:
:~$ sudo apt -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
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fonts-tlwg-mono-ttf fonts-tlwg-norasi fonts-tlwg-norasi-ttf
fonts-tlwg-purisa fonts-tlwg-purisa-ttf fonts-tlwg-sawasdee
fonts-tlwg-sawasdee-ttf fonts-tlwg-typewriter fonts-tlwg-typewriter-ttf
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Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic (6.8.0-45.45) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:

• dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.8.0-45-generic
  Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
  Binary update-secureboot-policy not found, modules won't be signed
  applying patch buildfix_kernel_5.13_armhf.patch...patching file common/inc/nv-li
  nux.h
  patching file nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-linux.c
  Hunk #1 succeeded at 85 (offset 10 lines).
  patching file nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.c

applying patch buildfix_kernel_6.2.patch...patching file nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-c
onnector.c
patching file nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at 240 with fuzz 2 (offset -1 lines).
patching file nvidia/nv-acpi.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 8 with fuzz 1.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 24 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 77 with fuzz 1 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 338 (offset -11 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 395 with fuzz 1 (offset -11 lines).

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
unset ARCH; [ ! -h /usr/bin/cc ] && export CC=/usr/bin/gcc; env NV_VERBOSE=1 'ma
ke' -j4 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=6.8.0-45-generic IGNORE_XEN_PRE
SENCE=1 IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 SYSSRC=/lib/modules/6.8.0-45-generic/build LD=/usr/
bin/ld.bfd CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT= modules.................(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/nvidia-kernel-s
ource-390.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.0-45-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/make.log for more information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.0-45-generic/x86_64 succeeded for broadcom-sta
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.0-45-generic/x86_64 failed for nvidia(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.

• dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.8.0-45-generic
  ...fail!
  run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
  dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic (--configure):
  installed linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic package post-installation script subpr
  ocess returned error exit status 11
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
  linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up er
ror from a previous failure.
No apport report written because the error message i
ndicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure.
dpkg: dependency problem
s prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 6.8.0-45.45); however:
Package linux-headers-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic (6.8.0-45.45) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:

• dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.8.0-45-generic
  Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
  Binary update-secureboot-policy not found, modules won't be signed
  applying patch buildfix_kernel_5.13_armhf.patch...patching file common/inc/nv-li
  nux.h
  patching file nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-linux.c
  Hunk #1 succeeded at 85 (offset 10 lines).
  patching file nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.c

applying patch buildfix_kernel_6.2.patch...patching file nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-c
onnector.c
patching file nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at 240 with fuzz 2 (offset -1 lines).
patching file nvidia/nv-acpi.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 8 with fuzz 1.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 24 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 77 with fuzz 1 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 338 (offset -11 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 395 with fuzz 1 (offset -11 lines).

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
unset ARCH; [ ! -h /usr/bin/cc ] && export CC=/usr/bin/gcc; env NV_VERBOSE=1 'ma
ke' -j4 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=6.8.0-45-generic IGNORE_XEN_PRE
SENCE=1 IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 SYSSRC=/lib/modules/6.8.0-45-generic/build LD=/usr/
bin/ld.bfd CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT= modules.................(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/nvidia-kernel-s
ource-390.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.0-45-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/make.log for more information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.0-45-generic/x86_64 succeeded for broadcom-sta
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.0-45-generic/x86_64 failed for nvidia(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.

• dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.8.0-45-generic
  ...fail!
  run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
  dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic (--configure):
  installed linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic package post-installation script subproc
  ess returned error exit status 11
  No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
  Errors were
  encountered while processing:
  linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic
  linux-headers-generic
  linux-generic
  linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[DoctorG]

@chrisnd I do not know why you need to compile drivers.
But that is not a Vivaldi problem at all.

I fear you should fix your Ubuntu 24 driver errors first before we can help more with Vivaldi not running.
And i do not run Ubuntu 24 to be able to help you to fix your Linux driver problems.

[chrisnd]

Thanks anyway for looking.
The nvidia drivers issue is a long standing problem with some Dell laptops. I don't see a solution anytime soon, if ever. In fact, other than reporting a problem, there isn't one!

Cheers, Chris

[DoctorG]

@chrisnd Not starting or at second attempt could mean: Vivaldi can not detect which GPU it should use because driver or lib crashes.

I would suggest to start in shell as
vivaldi --disable-gpu
If that works there is a problem with interaction GPU valibs/driver/and Vivaldi