Crash on launch of latest Vivaldi version on Mac
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I just downloaded and installed the latest Vivaldi version (1.9.818.44) on my 27" iMac with macOS 10.9.5, but each time I try to launch it, it crashes instantly. Anyone having the same issue? I can provide the crash dump if needed.
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@eb303 Ouch! I haven't run into any issues on OS X 10.11.6. My initial thought was that something could have gotten corrupted in your Vivaldi profile... perhaps a problem with your Top Sites file or a session-related issue. However, it's also possible that it could be a problem specific to Vivaldi running on Mavericks, although yours is the first report that I've seen.
From your previous posts, I see that you've been using Vivaldi for quite a while. Have you done any steps yet to either "clean" or reset your profile?
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@xyzzy No, I haven't. But I just tested to launch the latest Vivaldi version on an account where I don't think I've ever run it at all, and same issue: it crashes at once.
However, I'll try to just download a clean copy of the latest version and not use the automatic update, maybe it will solve the issue. I'll post a new message here once I've done that. -
@xyzzy That was it: I downloaded the full version without using the automatic update, copied the application bundle to the Applications folder, and now the new version works without problem. I noticed the downloaded sizes were different between the 2 apparently: almost 70Mb for the full disk image, and only around 50 Mb for the update. I read you had a new policy of updates by delta rather than downloading the whole thing each time. Maybe the problem is there?
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@eb303 Wow, that's strange. Older (but still not from all that long ago) versions of the Sparkle update framework did have some bugs and it's possible that this could have been the problem. I'm just surprised that the update process succeeded but your Vivaldi application clearly had issues.
If you ever suspect a problem with Vivaldi, or any other application, you can check the integrity of the application bundle with the following command from a Terminal prompt:
$ spctl -a -vv /Applications/Vivaldi.app... and get details about the bundle's digital signature with:
$ codesign -d --verbose=2 /Applications/Vivaldi.appI'm glad to hear that everything is working for you again.
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@xyzzy Except sadly, I spoke too fast: I still have issues. Basically, everything seems to be fine on the administrator account where I installed Vivaldi. But if I try on any other account on my Mac, it still crashes on launch. I tested with 3 different accounts, and the crash happens on all 3. But it works on my main administrator account. Could it be a permission issue, maybe?
I also ran the 2 commands you gave me and here are the results:
pc6:~ ericb$ spctl -a -vv /Applications/Vivaldi.app /Applications/Vivaldi.app: accepted source=Developer ID override=security disabled origin=Developer ID Application: Vivaldi Technologies AS (4XF3XNRN6Y) pc6:~ ericb$ codesign -d --verbose=2 /Applications/Vivaldi.app Executable=/Applications/Vivaldi.app/Contents/MacOS/Vivaldi Identifier=com.vivaldi.Vivaldi Format=bundle with Mach-O thin (x86_64) CodeDirectory v=20200 size=203 flags=0x800(restrict) hashes=3+3 location=embedded Signature size=8544 Authority=Developer ID Application: Vivaldi Technologies AS (4XF3XNRN6Y) Authority=Developer ID Certification Authority Authority=Apple Root CA Timestamp=26 Apr 2017 18:44:18 Info.plist entries=34 TeamIdentifier=4XF3XNRN6Y Sealed Resources version=2 rules=12 files=492 Internal requirements count=1 size=172Apparently, no error in there, at least none I can see. Does it look fine to you?
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Crashes at startup on any non-admin account, whether the user has previously run Vivaldi or not.
Before chancing upon this thread I thought that the update process had gone awry and downloaded and installed a new copy, to no avail.
MacOS 10.12.4
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFYApplication Specific Information:
abort() calledThread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c3e2d42 __pthread_kill + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8c4d05bf pthread_kill + 90
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8c348420 abort + 129
3 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi 0x0000000101ac1c89 main + 233
4 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff8c2b4235 start + 1Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x0000000000000006 rcx: 0x00007fff5e13eb28 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000307 rsi: 0x0000000000000006 rbp: 0x00007fff5e13eb50 rsp: 0x00007fff5e13eb28
r8: 0x0000000000000040 r9: 0x00007fff95207040 r10: 0x0000000008000000 r11: 0x0000000000000206
r12: 0x0000000000000001 r13: 0x00007ff286800a00 r14: 0x00007fff952233c0 r15: 0x00006080000d9ad0
rip: 0x00007fff8c3e2d42 rfl: 0x0000000000000206 cr2: 0x00007fff8c4cd9baLogical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x02000148
Trap Number: 133 -
Holy crap! Confirmed! Looks like a permissions issue. If an admin installs Vivaldi in /Applications, some of the files are not accessible by other users making it impossible for them to launch Vivaldi.
I purged my Vivaldi test installation and reinstalled Vivaldi the "normal/proper way" into /Applications. When I ran it as an admin, it worked fine. When I tried running it from my normal account, it would not even execute.
I then tried launching it from Terminal:
$ open /Applications/Vivaldi.app LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Applications/Vivaldi.app.Not good... Lets's keep digging... As a non-admin, I tried to list the Vivaldi.app directory tree and got a bunch of "Permission denied" errors:
$ ls -laR /Applications/Vivaldi.app | more [...stuff deleted...] : ls: Vivaldi Framework.framework/Helpers: Permission deniedHowever, from the admin account, apart from the permissions issue, the Vivaldi build checked out okay:
$ codesign --verify --verbose=4 --deep --strict /Applications/Vivaldi.app --prepared:/Applications/Vivaldi.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework --validated:/Applications/Vivaldi.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework /Applications/Vivaldi.app: valid on disk /Applications/Vivaldi.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement $ codesign -d --verbose=2 /Applications/Vivaldi.app Executable=/Applications/Vivaldi.app/Contents/MacOS/Vivaldi Identifier=com.vivaldi.Vivaldi Format=app bundle with Mach-O thin (x86_64) CodeDirectory v=20200 size=203 flags=0x800(restrict) hashes=3+3 location=embedded Signature size=8544 Authority=Developer ID Application: Vivaldi Technologies AS (4XF3XNRN6Y) Authority=Developer ID Certification Authority Authority=Apple Root CA Timestamp=Apr 26, 2017, 12:44:18 PM Info.plist entries=34 TeamIdentifier=4XF3XNRN6Y Sealed Resources version=2 rules=12 files=492 Internal requirements count=1 size=172 $ spctl -a -vv /Applications/Vivaldi.app /Applications/Vivaldi.app: accepted source=Developer ID origin=Developer ID Application: Vivaldi Technologies AS (4XF3XNRN6Y)So... how could this have made it through QA?
I always use my Mac as a non-admin user and typically install Vivaldi into a personal Applications directory for testing. Vivaldi didn't fail for me because I owned (and had permission to access) all of the files in the Vivaldi bundle.
Other users who use admin accounts day-to-day would not have encountered any problems either.
As far as I can tell, the Vivaldi application itself seems to be okay. However, I'm guessing that some of the permissions were simply not set correctly by the build scripts before generating the Vivaldi.1.9.818.44.dmg disk image.
Bug filed: VB-28028
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@Vivaldi-Team I fixed the permissions on the symlinks within my local install and can now launch Vivaldi from my regular (non-admin) account. This doesn't impact the signing of the application bundle so a quick fix can be posted... I could do it but would prefer that you (Vivaldi) post an "official" fix.
If (by happenstance) a 1.9-stable update is imminent, please double-check the file permissions in the bundle before release.
Edit: Looks like this affects the Vivaldi 1.10 snapshot builds on macOS as well.
Thanks!
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@xyzzy I fixed the permissions for the symbolic links too and it looks like it worked indeed. Thanks for the help!
Just in case someone would like a quick fix, just open a Terminal as an administrator and run the command:
find /Applications/Vivaldi.app -type l -print0 | xargs -0 chmod -h a+rx
That's what fixed the issue for me. But I agree that an official fix would be much nicer… -
@eb303 Thanks for picking up on the hint.
In this case, it was fortunate that the fix was to apply the same permission change to every symlink in the bundle. -
FYI, I also raised this issue as feedback to the Vivaldi 1.10.834.9 Snapshot release. Vivaldi replied that they "are fully aware if it."
Here's a link to my post: https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/134807
You can also read the full thread (it's at the top of the comments section) here: https://vivaldi.com/blog/snapshots/sorting-of-downloads-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-1-10-834-9/
Hopefully a fix is in the works.
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FYI, this issue was fixed in the Vivaldi 1.10.838.7 snapshot that was released earlier today. Unfortunately, Vivaldi 1.9 is still broken, and also in need of updating because Chromium 58.0.3029.110 just got released this afternoon too.
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@xyzzy OK, thanks a lot for the updates.
As long as the dirty hack works for v1.9, I'm happy, though. 
And at least, the developers are aware of the issue now, so I guess the next release will have it fixed, that's the most important. -
Mac builds are now fixed on both the Snapshot and Stable channels. If you don't have any objections, I'm marking this thread Resolved.
Cheers!
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@xyzzy Downloaded and installed the latest version: it works indeed, no problem at all.
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I am having the same problem today.. Vivaldi got updated on MAC and then when i try to open each time it crashed. Tried reinstalling.. did not work.. i loved to use vivaldi as my main browser.. not i am sad that its doing this way
I can share the dump if required.
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Crashed Thread: 0 CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000008Thread 0 Crashed:: CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010d5a41b7 ChromeMain + 93788295
1 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010d5abcbb ChromeMain + 93819787
2 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010c96b3fb ChromeMain + 80972491
3 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010c96b99d ChromeMain + 80973933
4 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010acaa62f ChromeMain + 50822399
5 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010acba7fb ChromeMain + 50888395
6 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010acba59b ChromeMain + 50887787
7 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010ad14a21 ChromeMain + 51257585
8 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010ad0f22a ChromeMain + 51235066
9 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010ad142ef ChromeMain + 51255743
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff47b3bd13 CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION + 17
11 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff47b3bcb9 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 108
12 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff47b1f67f __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 195
13 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff47b1ec49 __CFRunLoopRun + 1189
14 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff47b1e552 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 455
15 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff46d7d1ab RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292
16 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff46d7cee5 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 603
17 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff46d7cc76 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff4511477d _DPSNextEvent + 1135
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff4511346b -[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1361
20 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010a7c3d30 ChromeMain + 45683712
21 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010ad0f22a ChromeMain + 51235066
22 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010a7c3c69 ChromeMain + 45683513
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff4510d588 -[NSApplication run] + 699
24 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010ad1523c ChromeMain + 51259660
25 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010ad13ca2 ChromeMain + 51254130
26 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010acbad83 ChromeMain + 50889811
27 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010ac90fe3 ChromeMain + 50718387
28 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010a7cfdcf ChromeMain + 45733023
29 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x0000000108b890bb ChromeMain + 16082827
30 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x0000000108b8ab82 ChromeMain + 16089682
31 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x0000000108b86928 ChromeMain + 16072696
32 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010a71b3af ChromeMain + 44993151
33 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010a71b03b ChromeMain + 44992267
34 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010d008908 ChromeMain + 87908312
35 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x000000010a71a674 ChromeMain + 44989764
36 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi.framework 0x0000000107c329eb ChromeMain + 187
37 com.vivaldi.Vivaldi 0x0000000100f3798f main + 287
38 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff73a9d3d5 start + 1 -
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x00007ffeeecc6678 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x00007fd8a4e2a6a0 rsi: 0x00007fd8a42f87c0 rbp: 0x00007ffeeecc6600 rsp: 0x00007ffeeecc6570
r8: 0x000000008a61c1a4 r9: 0x00000000ffffff0f r10: 0x00007fd8a6100000 r11: 0x00000000013986c0
r12: 0x00007fd8a6194c90 r13: 0x00007fd8a4e2b7c0 r14: 0x00007fd8a6138b30 r15: 0x00007fd8a42410c0
rip: 0x000000010d5a41b7 rfl: 0x0000000000010246 cr2: 0x0000000000000008 -
@Gwen-Dragon how can i start vivaldi on MAC with disabling all extensions.. i am unable to use it now..i just wanted to try without extensions
