Some sites load briefly and then a black screen
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When I go to site yle.fi the site first loads briefly and then goes black. Turning all extensions off (ublock origin, nordvpn etc...) doesn't help. I have resetted all site specific parameters and deleted cookies. It isn't just that one site, it has started happening on many sites.
It just loads the site quickly, I can see the site for like a tenth of a second and then goes black. After deleting the cookies I just get the cookies popup but the site is black.
I created a new profile and it works normally with all addons etc.. So my profile is somehow broken. I have also resetted most of my settings and that didn't help.
Could you give me some hints what could it be causing this issue?
Also on this site I get a black screen everytime I click a link. After pressing F5 I can see the contents. Could that be a clue?
I'm thinking it might be the easiest to move my bookmarks, opened tabs and ui setup (bookmark bar basically) from this old broken profile to a new profile but I'd like to try fix this so I don't have to log on and set up cookie policies for every site I frequently visit.
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@nalu
Hi, we have other users report this, no idea if one test on a clean profile.
I cant reproduce it on Linux and now on Windows 11.
If you use sync it taks a few minutes to get a working Vivaldi, do you?
You still have to copy some files/folders manually, for example you need to delete the folder Sessions in the new profile and copy it over from the old one.
All workspaces are there but there names are in a diferent file.
If you want to start I would rename or move your main profile folder "Default", Vivaldi creat a new clean profile at next start. -
@nalu Had you tried a reset at internal page
vivaldi://flagsand restarted?
Had you tried disable Settings → Webpages → Use of Hardware Acceleration and restarted? -
@DoctorG I just did a reset on that vivaldi page. The issue persists. Hardware acceleration doesn't change anything either way.
Turning javascript blocking on in ublock origin does make the sites load but doing that also wrecks functionality. But even with ublock origin and other addons the sites load and function fine on my test profile.
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@nalu Pease, needs a check if blocker and/or a blocklist causes your issue.
Open Settings → Privacy and disable Vivaldis internal Blocker completely.
In uBLockOrigin deselect one blocklist, reload page with F5, if the page does not load the deselect next blocklist, and so on, until page loads, the last deselected list is the culprit.
I hope you understand, my English a little bit rusty, i am not a native speaker.
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@DoctorG
With new profile I can have all addons on or off, installed or uninstalled and it works. With the broken profile the issue happens regardless if ublock origin is installed, active or uninstalled.Only thing that fixes the black screen issue is if in ublock I turn on javascript blocker. And I just checked this: turning off javascript (blocking it) in vivaldi's site settings also fixes the issue. Or not really because without javascript the site functionality breaks down totally. But it fixes the black screen.
It is not an addon issue. It is a vivaldi profile issue.
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@nalu said in Some sites load briefly and then a black screen:
@DoctorG
With new profile I can have all addons on or off, installed or uninstalled and it works. With the broken profile the issue happens regardless if ublock origin is installed, active or uninstalled.Only thing that fixes the black screen issue is if in ublock I turn on javascript blocker. And I just checked this: turning off javascript (blocking it) in vivaldi's site settings also fixes the issue. Or not really because without javascript the site functionality breaks down totally. But it fixes the black screen.
It is not an addon issue. It is a vivaldi profile issue.
Are you using any mods?
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@mtaki14 I don't even know what are mods in regards to vivaldi
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So I am trying to create a new profile and copy as much of my current profile data to it to fix this issue. I tried the vivaldi importer. But it seems importing everything actually imports nothing. For example I just went to File > Import from applications or files and it claims it did so succesfully. However there is nothing imported. No browsing history, no bookmarks, no nothing.
Is that feature broken. The manual method described in the guides is probably totally outdated because there is no such thing in my default folder as current session or current tabs.
In the end I'd be happy just to get my browsing history and bookmarks. Is it possible to do that?
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@nalu
Also manually exporting bookmarks and passwords and then trying to import them to other profile does nothing. -
@nalu
This is getting weird. I manually copied some files from my previous profile (the minimum what I imagined I'd need) to this new profile and now I have the same issue. So it seems something is broken inside one of the files I manually copied. So I need to create yet another profile and then manually copy one file and test it to find the broken one. -
In the end I decided to just manually copy the Bookmarks file. Now with the same addons and bookmarks the issue seems to be gone. Also it seems the vivaldi's own importer is broken as it didn't do anything.
I think the broken file is either History, Top Sites or Web Data. I manually copied those in addition to Bookmarks from my old profile and the problem came back. Now with just Bookmarks copied the issue hasn't happened yet with this new profile.
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Issue is back. I have not changed anything. This is pretty annoying if after couple of weeks I need new profile...
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@nalu You got the black screen with guest profile ? https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/tabs/guest-view/
Is never a good idea to carry over files from "broken" profiles and I think History, Top Sites and Web Data should be avoided as well.
Actually, is better to avoid bookmarks file too (as you can export/import as file) minimizing the risks of corruption.
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@Hadden89
Guest profile works I'm sure. But I'll check again.Only files that I copied were the bookmarks. I do kinda need my bookmarks tho. The whole export/import thing doesn't work so I just copied the one file iirc manually.
edit. With guest profile it works fine.
What if I copy the bookmarks file somewhere else to see if it fixes it? Would that break this profile?
What I'm hoping will happen is that when I move that file vivaldi just creates a new empty one and continues to work. Then later I can replace that newly created file with my old one to bet my bookmarks back?
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After deleting the cookies I just get the cookies popup but the site is black.Cookies or all the site data?
Because this issue is common with the I Don't Care About Cookies / Duck Duck Go Tracker List and the cookies alone are not enough.
Try these steps:
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Disable these two lists totally and then whitelist the site in Ublock Origin and/or the Vivaldi Blocker (if you use the latter).
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On the affected Site, remove all data stored.
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Ctrl+Shift+Del --> Also Remove all the cache, set to always (this seems to helps also for not working captcha and so on).
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Try to re-open the site in the last working profile.
Why? The site might have stored a previous non interaction with the cookie consent screen and just "shut down" it (usually they just hide the whole page).
What if I copy the bookmarks file somewhere else to see if it fixes it? Would that break this profile?It shouldn't. A bit surprised that html export/import don't work to you, though.
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@Hadden89 Thanks for the help but even after disabling ublock the issue is there. I did all you asked and the issue is still there.
The issue has nothing to do with any addons. It is 100% sure at this point it is something in vivaldi
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Well this is new. Even with new profile I am now getting a black screen...
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@nalu said in Some sites load briefly and then a black screen:
It is 100% sure at this point it is something in vivaldi
No-one else is getting this. And no other topics about black sites like you're describing.
I think you'll need to:
- Give more examples of sites where it happens. Maybe there's some kind of connection.
- Make a screen recording or at the least a screenshot of the issue.
- Open Developer Tools on the site it happens, press F12. Then select the Network tab. Reload the page with Ctrl+F5. Examine the network log. Make a screenshot or screen recording of what you're seeing there.
