My OperaYou need to be logged in to post in the forums. If you do not have an account, please sign up first.
”Could not initialize Opera”
Ubuntu 10.10, keeping Opera updated by the Opera Ubuntu PPA.Yesterday I updated to Opera 12.00, I am not sure what I had before, I guess 11.64 or something. I always update when I can, so I am pretty sure it was the last stable version of Opera 11.
Anyway, after updating, using the Ubuntu update manager, I kept Opera open, running the old version until I closed Opera and then closed Ubuntu.
I just came home from work, starting my computer. Now Opera won't start. Nothing happens. When I start it from the gnome-terminal, all I get is the message ”Could not initialize Opera”.
I have tried most of the available flags, such as --nomail and --nosession but still the same result.
I renamed ~/.opera to ~/.opera.old, but still the same result.
If Opera no longer supports Ubuntu 10.10, where can I find the most recent Opera 11 version?
Suggestions how to debug this problem? I am not sure where to start…
Same problem here. After the update from 11.64 to 12.00, Opera does not launch any more on Ubuntu 10.04.
_When I run it with sudo rights, it runs without any issues_ but I do not want to run it as root.
Is this an Opera problem or an issue on my end?
It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could shed some light on this.
Cheers
Herbie
Did you manage to get Opera to load your profile? I tried using -personaldir, but it still uses a blank root profile._When I run it with sudo rights, it runs without any issues_ but I do not want to run it as root.
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but Opera is still not starting. Actually, I also tried renaming the entire .opera directory so that Opera starts from a new installation, but still the same "Could not initialize Opera" message. I guess the problem is earlier on in the initialization process.Did you try a "profile reset"?
Source: http://romanofskiat.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/could-not-initialize-opera/
P.S. We recently fixed this in internal builds. Look out for a reference to DSK-366152 (Opera will not start if it does not have permission to read ~/.kde) in a future Opera Next (snapshot) changelog.
Originally posted by sgunhouse:
Did you try a "profile reset"? Go into ~/.opera/ and delete the operaprefs.ini file (while Opera is closed). This will reset your configuration, but won't effect your bookmarks, mail, etc. If you had modified the toolbars, shortcuts or other setups you'll have to re-select them in Preferences > Menus and Preferences > Shortcuts, if you had a custom skin select it in Appearance.
In my case, I renamed .opera to .opera.old, so Opera created its own .opera (see my first post in this thread). Still no luck.
Originally posted by enki123:
Thanks to the Google I discovered that the problem might be caused by .kde directory wrong permissions (and that it's owned by root). Opera works fine after I changed .kde ownership from root to my user name (recursively).
Source: http://romanofskiat.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/could-not-initialize-opera/
I obviously searched for the wrong thing. Fortunately there are people around that does this better than me!
Thank you, it worked for me to after changing the .kde/ rights. I didn't even know that I had a .kde folder…
I guess I need to cancel my bug report now, if I can find it…
It would have been nice if the error message was a little bit more specific, though.
Forums » Opera for Windows/Mac/Linux » Opera for *nix - Linux/FreeBSD