Vivaldi keeps craching with Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file: No such file: (null). Arch linux

nickname13

@Steffie
random staff.
most of the times it crashes on the background.

Steffie

@nickname13 OK... & the profile?

A Former User

@Steffie Cool, I didn’t even notice it isn’t at startup.

nickname13

@Steffie I will have to test it. Never used the profile. I will use the guest profile for some time.

But in the past I tried to clean everything (cache and config) and I only kept the bookmarks. Isn't that pretty much the same?

A Former User

@nickname13 No, because I have a suspicion it is because of bookmarks.

One other thing to try, make a new empty bookmarks folder & set it as speed dial. Make sure it’s the first folder there (so no bookmarks are visible in a new tab). Stop using the SD altogether (for some time).

nickname13

@all
Thanks a lot.
Will try all those things

@Gwen-Dragon I saw those but there was not reported any crash I think. just the logs. anyway thanks!

Steffie

@nickname13 Just to clarify, so we all know we're talking about the same thing ... i'm not alluding to anything rocket-sciencey, just simply this:

nickname13

@Steffie Yes thanks. There is also a guest profile there so I will use that one instead of creating a new profile

nickname13

After 24 hours with no crash following @potmeklecbohdan advice on creating an empty bookmark folder and set it as speed dial. I can safely say that this workaround works perfectly.

Thanks everybody.

P.S. so I guess the real issue is when it fails to fetch thumbnails for my bookmarks? and how is this prevented with the speed dial folder? Anyway....

A Former User

@nickname13 I don’t know why… simply, when I once wanted to inspect the SD coz of modding, V crashed. & it kept crashing every time soon after switching to another SD folder. Before & after this it behaved pretty well, coz I have the SD just coz I’m too lazy to disable all the folders there (& I have the first of them empty).

I didn’t report it back then as I couldn’t reproduce it with what I thought caused it in a clean profile, but now that I’m not the only one… please report it.