[11.52] libglib2 dependency changes and GTK dialog toolkit not working

Hi,

I've noticed that some of the dependencies have bounced up and down:

opera_11.50.1074_i386.deb Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0)
opera_11.51.1087_i386.deb Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0)
opera_11.52.1100_i386.deb Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.5.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.6)
opera_12.00.1116_i386.deb Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.5.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0)

Since I'm stuck with libglib2.0-0 (2.20.1), the GTK dialogs worked in 11.50 and didn't in 11.51. Now, with 11.52 I'd expect GTK dialogs to work, but with opera:config#FileSelector|DialogToolkit set to either 0 or 2, Opera still defaults to X11. I've tried a clean install, but still get the X11 dialogs. The GTK dialogs work exactly as expected with Opera Next.

Are the listed dependencies correct, or are there other config options that I may need to reset? For some reason the X11 dialogs don't show symlinks, which is particularly annoying since I use them a lot to speed up navigation across my file systems.

Thanks in advance,
H

Edited to add: Just read this Problems installing Opera 11.51 on Debian 5.0 (Lenny) or Mepis 8. Whenever I come across a problem, I first look in the forums, read the stickies, and then search the forums. I saw the blog post linked in the sticky, read it, and the previous/next linked posts. After posting, I went on to read more of the blog (and very interesting it is, too!), and found the linked post. I ended up using dpkg to modify the dependencies to get 11.51 to install. And, yes, some of us still use Jaunty.
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Opera 11.52 Build 1100 for Linux i386.
OS: Linux 2.6.29-1-netbook
Architecture: i686
Compositor active: No
Toolkit: x11
Desktop environment: Gnome
Window manager: Metacity
Screens: 0: 1024x600 depth 24,32 (default)

Thanks for the replies.

I know Jaunty is obsolete, and it's usually Opera not working completely that forces an upgrade. As soon as I can work out which release of Mint will have the longest lifespan, I'll go with that. (Crazy, but it looks like 9 will still be supported 6 months after 11 expires).

I can understand Opera not working on unsupported distros, but the dependencies being reverted gave me hope.

Regarding the dependencies, the only obvious dependency change was libglib2. According to its package description on my system, "it is a useful general-purpose C library used by projects such as GTK+, GIMP, and GNOME", so I assumed it was relevant.

P.S. We don't list Gtk dependencies in our deb package because Opera will run without Gtk, i.e. we don't depend on it.

Yeah, i read the blog post. And ldd doesn't give me any clues, either. With ldd /usr/lib/opera*/opera{,-next}, the only difference is that opera-next requires libXft. And there appears to be no difference between the requirements of liboperagtk.so and liboperagtk2.so.

I notice you stated "X11 dialogs don't show symlinks", however I cannot reproduce this. Two ideas. If the symlink starts with a '.' right click in the file selector and choose "show hidden" and secondly make sure the "Type" is set to "All files (*)".

The links don't start with a '.', and both options are checked. The same happens in Opera Next, so i guess it must be a Jaunty thing.

Anyway, thank you very much for taking the time to reply, and for an excellent blog! The alpha of Opera Next already fixes several big issues, and if the tab-stacking bug gets unfixed, I'll take function over style every time.

Apologies for the double-reply, but I've proved that I'm very easily confused.

First, the confusion with the symlinks: because I'm so used to seeing the symlinks to directories with the Gtk dialog and 'HTML Files' in the selector, I expected to see the symlinks at the top with the X11 dialog. Of course, once I changed the X11 selector to '*', so the symlinks appeared. Is it possible to set the X11 to default to show all files? Presumably it's not possible to get the X11 dialog to check for symlinks pointing to directories and list them at the top by default.

Second, in the process of checking to see if the X11 non-issue occurred in 11.50 and 11.01, I wondered if liboperagtk.so from 11.50 would work with 11.52. Well, it looks like it does because I'm currently seeing Gtk dialogs. Anyway, just to be on the safe side, I'll swap the proper one back after I post this.

Thanks again for your time.

How come i can start opera in as root but not as user since the latest updates?