Vivaldi Browser is Blank
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@Caio000 Welcome here on forum
Nice that my hint works for you.
I can not tell how to detect such driver issues. It is more testing and sometimes guessing, users have different hardware and drivers. -
Same problem here under Xubuntu 22.04 xorg Ryzen CPU both for stable and snapshot branches. Both vivaldi --use-gl=desktop and --disable-gpu allow Vivialdi to start up normally.
I will take a look at the bug report mentioned in this thread.
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Well Mint 21 is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS so their
is common... here someone suggested to delete the GPUCache folders https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/14wj5ot/comment/jrizwaq/, and was adopted as a solution in this thread https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2348096#p2348096
Basically, a LTS should be really treated as a LTS...
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@npro Oh thank goodness this worked. Running the browser without GPU acceleration was kinda painful lmao.
I had the main cache folder as well as several extensions with their own GPU caches, had to clean out the contents from all of them from ~/.config/vivaldi, just pressed ctrl+f and searched "gpucache" and they popped up. Presumably this won't break anything else right?
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@Bathroom_Humor said in Vivaldi Browser is Blank:
Presumably this won't break anything else right?
No, it's just cache.
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@Bathroom_Humor said in Vivaldi Browser is Blank:
I had the main cache folder as well as several extensions with their own GPU caches, had to clean out the contents from all of them from ~/.config/vivaldi, just pressed ctrl+f and searched "gpucache" and they popped up.
This is much better than adding
--use-gl=desktop
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@DoctorG Yeah, this worked really well on Ubuntu as well. My Vivaldi was working well up until a couple of days ago. Is that about time of the latest update?
Vivaldi doesn't seem to play nice with some AMD gpus' or maybe the kernel driver used on quite a few Linux distros (driver=amdgpu).
But I'm happy I have my Vivaldi back with all my prefered settings.
Cheers Paulie -
Closed Vivaldi, updated the problematic package, deleted the GPUCache, started Vivaldi -- the issue is gone. Thanks.
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I have had the same problem on Ubuntu 22. I solved it by disabling hardware acceleration. Since the browser was blank, I did the following:
a) I closed vivaldi.
b) I went to the user directory and made the invisible folders visible (Ctrl+h).
c) I renamed the ./config/Vivaldi/Default directory as Default_B
d) I opened Vivaldi and it recreated it from scratch, losing all my favorites etc. Since I could see everything now, I went to the options menu (V>settings) and disabled acceleration.
e) I closed vivaldi and deleted the Default directory.
f) Rename my Default_B as Default.
g) I opened Vivaldi and... All fixed! Again Vivaldi alive fith all my favorits, and so on. -
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@npro said in Vivaldi Browser is Blank:
Well Mint 21 is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS so their
is common... here someone suggested to delete the GPUCache folders https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/14wj5ot/comment/jrizwaq/, and was adopted as a solution in this thread https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2348096#p2348096
Basically, a LTS should be really treated as a LTS...
Confirming this worked for me. Just had to remove
~/.config/vivaldi/GPUCache
and things started working again. Ubuntu 22.04.1, very likely there was a graphics driver patch since I update most mornings. -
Yesterday when I logged into Vivaldi I had a "frozen & hobbled" screen.
I am running Linux Mint 21.1 with both a chrome web browser and vivaldi web browser(Comparing the browsers). Had no problem accessing internet using the chrome browser. Vivaldi browser would not work. I removed the Vivaldi browser in order to re-install. I got message upon download advising me to install Vivaldi using the Mint software center. Chrome browser failed in download stating a network error had occurred. (Note: chrome download occurred after multiple clicks of "Enter" key)
Loaded Mint software center and discovered there were two ways to install Vivaldi browser.Vivaldi-stable ( This pkg did not work-same problems)
Vivaldi-snapshat (This pkg did work-restoring my Vivaldi browser and Start-Me)
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On Ubuntu 20.04 an update just ran today and now I cannot read anything in my browser. Everything is washed out and there are just colors and patterns.
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@pauliem That worked on my Ubuntu 22.04 too. I found ~/.config/vivaldi/Default/GPUCache/ and deleted everything under there. Voila, as they say in French!
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@fifonik OOPS! only worked once, now trying Nawigators solution (delete original 'Default' & turn off hardware acceleration (does this in fact fall back to GL?)
Worked 3 times in a row, will study start up & performance for a day or so.
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Not a Vivaldi-only, Ubuntu broke other Chromiums, too.
I saw Ubuntu Bug #2026830 "Upgrade will break Chrome" β Confirmed.
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Just chiming in: I also had the same problem on Fedora 38. While disable hardware acceleration worked, deleting the GPUCache folder in the Vivaldi profiles also worked. This isnβt just about Ubuntu.
Thank you all for your help!