Cant get Vivaldi to start

banger

Just getting white screen with V in the middle and it seems stuck. Runs ok on Unstable Repository on a VM but not on my bare metal machine.

When starting from command line I get.

vivaldi-stable
Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file: No such file: (null)
[283460:283488:1024/225037.629985:ERROR:chromium/google_apis/gcm/engine/registration_request.cc:291] Registration response error message: DEPRECATED_ENDPOINT
[283460:283488:1024/225102.576190:ERROR:chromium/google_apis/gcm/engine/registration_request.cc:291] Registration response error message: DEPRECATED_ENDPOINT
[283460:283562:1024/225104.356480:ERROR:chromium/content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc:286] GLib: g_main_context_pop_thread_default: assertion 'stack != NULL' failed
[283460:283563:1024/225104.356483:ERROR:chromium/content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc:286] GLib: g_main_context_pop_thread_default: assertion 'stack != NULL' failed
[283460:283564:1024/225104.356478:ERROR:chromium/content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc:286] GLib: g_main_context_pop_thread_default: assertion 'stack != NULL' failed
[283460:283488:1024/225145.370313:ERROR:chromium/google_apis/gcm/engine/registration_request.cc:291] Registration response error message: DEPRECATED_ENDPOINT

Any ideas how to fix?

brent

I've never seen aFontConfigerror. what would trigger that? (I know this is your question).
It's looking for cfg file in wrong folder?
according to this https://askubuntu.com/questions/492033/fontconfig-error-cannot-load-default-config-file
if you try to open vivaldi with sudo and the fontconfig error goes away then you have to reset permissions on a folder.

Original-Syn

I have never seen that issue. Interesting. It could be something like @brent mentioned or a profile issue.

Have you tried loading a private window or without a profile?

banger

vivaldi-stable --disable-gpu

fixed it. I couldn't even open it at all just displayed the start splash so no private window @Original-Syn .
Once I was in I searched for hardware acceleration in settings. Once disabled no problems. Did this on 2 bare metal plasma with nouveau drivers.

Harvey

You're having a rough time with browsers, first brave now this.

banger

Was testing Vivaldi as a replacement for Brave on my PCs. After the gpu problem seems ok.

To be frank had the same problem with Chromium and Brave with gpu acceleration, both crash on startup which must be a chrome bug.

brent

banger To be frank had the same problem with Chromium and Brave with gpu acceleration, both crash on startup which must be a chrome bug.

I never had a problem with Nouveau drivers (but I'm not a gamer). It's unusual that you do imo.
Almost wondering if its symptomatic of something else i.e. memory stick, impaired ghz, graphics card (even if internal), mobo...it smells like hardware....but could also be a setting or a change you made that you forgot (describes some of my errors...)
2 cents

Harvey

It all depends on the card, driver and what you are doing.

If its an old card it doesn't surprise me at all. Software moves forward, driver support for old cards does not change, some things break.

banger

Both machines GT 1030 and nouveau driver since Nvidia dropped support and rather than faff on each update with old Nvidia drivers I went for Nouveau. @brent unlikely to be hardware other than old cards. Brave was working fine then after an update I had to disable acceleration as it would crash on start up. As @Harvey says software moves on.

brent

banger As @Harvey says software moves on.

that would explain getting bit twice with different browsers.
just curious did you try the sudo thing?