Hardware acceleration fixes
By Tommy A. Olsentoman. Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:24:40 AM
When it comes to hardware acceleration, we're currently in a state of code cleanup and optimization, so there will not be many big changes coming in this area in the next weeks. This builds has a couple of very important fixes though, first among them is plugging a big memory leak on Windows.
Anyone running Opera 12 Alpha are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the build linked below.
- Code cleanup and optimizations
- Plugged a huge memory leak on Windows, and a smaller one on Mac
- Several updates to blocklists. Note that many changes are continuously pushed through autoupdate, so you probably have these changes already
- - Blocking use of hardware acceleration on NVIDIA Quadro NVS (bad performance)
- - Blocking use of hardware acceleration on NVIDIA FX/PCX series (buggy driver version detection prevented blocking of the too old driver)
- - Blocking use of 3D hardware acceleration (WebGL) on Intel GMA 3000 (bad performance)
- - Added fallback rule for unknown chipsets on Windows as well, should block things like VMWare
- Fixed ex value parsing on Mac, fixes many odd errors where things go missing on websites like reddit
- Made "Minimal restart" in crashlog UI work again
- Improved flash rendering on Mac
- Fixed crash when closing tabs with "dimmed" dialogs
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Prasoon Agarwalprasoon271 # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:03:00 AM
Win 7 64 bit
inDigazzZAnuarSh # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:25:54 AM
Mahesh Jagadeesanmaheshjagadeesan # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:26:11 AM
Originally posted by aagavin:
Go to https://bugs.opera.com/wizard/
DayderDay # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:46:31 AM
Originally posted by AnuarSh:
was mentioned several times here, last time 5 posts above yours...
Hendryhendrywu82 # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:56:19 AM
Opera 12 build 1116
USB Instalation on USB 3.0
AMD Brazos E-350
Win 7 ultimate SP1, flash 10.3.181.26
GPU Driver AMD Catalyst 11.6
OpenGL
Blocklist version 1
Blocklist status for 2D Supported
Blocklist status for 3D Supported
GL_VENDOR ATI Technologies Inc.
GL_RENDERER AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics
GL_VERSION 4.1.10834 Compatibility Profile Context
Hendryhendrywu82 # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:56:22 AM
Opera 12 build 1116
USB Instalation on USB 3.0
AMD Brazos E-350
Win 7 ultimate SP1, flash 10.3.181.26
GPU Driver AMD Catalyst 11.6
OpenGL
Blocklist version 1
Blocklist status for 2D Supported
Blocklist status for 3D Supported
GL_VENDOR ATI Technologies Inc.
GL_RENDERER AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics
GL_VERSION 4.1.10834 Compatibility Profile Context
Swapnil RustagiSwapnil99pro # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:58:01 AM
Originally posted by AnuarSh:
Known with a fix in the works.
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=1117462
fisherman10 # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:39:50 PM
Howking HeyingHowking # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:44:39 PM
Intel Core 2 Duo
2,4 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256 MB
Hardware acceleration not fixed
minho # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1:12:10 PM
Originally posted by robsonpc:
No problem here.
ubuntu 11.10 x32
Arsenytarc # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 2:57:21 PM
Originally posted by MossMan:
I run on Mac, you?minho # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 3:12:00 PM
Firefox: http://files.myopera.com/minho/albums/5214602/Captura%20de%20tela%20em%202011-10-26%2012%3A50%3A59.png
Opera: http://files.myopera.com/minho/albums/5214602/Captura%20de%20tela%20em%202011-10-26%2012%3A50%3A47.png
Link for test: https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa
Ubuntu 11.10 x32, no HWA
Ильяilyaneo # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 3:25:24 PM
What the problem. In future will it work without any trobbles?
Have anybody any solve of problem?
ldp83ro # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 3:56:00 PM
If i disable Hardware Acceleration the sounds go away.
With other browsers (HA enabled) there are no sounds.
Configuration:
MB: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 v1.1
CPU: Q6600 B3
GPU: Gigabyte 470 GTX
OS: Windows 7 x64 SP1
Flash: 11.0.1.152
GPU Driver: 285.62
I have tried with the 2 latest GPU driver versions (280.26, 285.62) and no change, the strange sounds are still there.
Ильяilyaneo # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 4:17:51 PM
+1 Have same problem. Nvidia gtx275
KlausMuller # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:30:40 PM
This build seems faster and more stable than the previous. Good work. Thx.
Mikel Pnissan4321 # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 7:11:27 PM
Originally posted by KlausMuller:
Works Ok here.
KlausMuller # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:38:27 PM
Originally posted by nissan4321:
The fonts are going outside of the teletext, the text is cut-off. With Google Chrome is all ok.
norton2001 # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:50:44 PM
Themes didn't work for me at all, maybe too older system, but that's what Opera can excel at.
So, can we also have skins, just keep them on the menu too please, and then the ease of personalization remains.
Thanks for listening ( & which other browser would you be able to add comments like this, eh?)
Vitis # Wednesday, October 26, 2011 9:55:55 PM
Mac OS X 10.7.2, Radeon HD 6490M
DayderDay # Thursday, October 27, 2011 5:21:11 AM
Originally posted by KlausMuller:
works fine for me too, Win7 prof, usb installation [img]http://www.abload.de/img/teletextfzo9.jpgRobin GrolleauRobin-Grolleau # Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:02:22 AM
Windows 7 x64 bit sp1
Vega backend : OpenGL
cpu : Intel Core 2 Duo E8600
gpu : radeon HD6870 Catalyst 11.9
KlausMuller # Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:19:37 AM
Originally posted by derDay:
here it looks like http://www.pic-upload.de/view-11803240/newvt.jpg.htmlczarek1986 # Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:34:25 AM
Stephen Turrellstve10 # Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:01:18 AM
Originally posted by czarek1986:
ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker # Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:19:02 AM
Originally posted by czarek1986:
Clearly nothing, as other browsers have hundreds, if not thousands of failures....
Also a few of those tests have been found to be wrong or ambigious, are are due for removal. Why fix opera to pass a broken test? That's insane.
Swapnil RustagiSwapnil99pro # Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:32:20 AM
Originally posted by czarek1986:
This 11 failures in Test 262 topic is going way over the limit now. This blog really needs very strict moderation.
Scoring 100% on a test that is under development is NOT IMPORTANT. Once the test is finalized or maybe sometime before that, Opera team will definitely correct Opera to pass the failed tests.
Originally posted by clashcityrocker:
Not clearly the topic now. It's not good to tease other browsers when Opera have done something before them. Before Opera added ECMAScript 5.1 support, as per my knowledge nobody teased Opera that Opera has 3000+ failures while other browsers have less than 500 failures.
ajthorva # Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:15:35 AM
Vega backend OpenGL
Blocklist version: 1
Blocklist status for: 2D Supported
Blocklist status for: 3D Blocked driver version
Reason for 3D status: Mesa before 7.10.3 hangs when compiling shaders.
GL_VENDOR: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
GL_RENDERER: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GME GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT x86/MMX/SSE2
GL_VERSION: 1.4 Mesa 7.10.2
ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker # Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:15:06 PM
Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:
those browsers claim to support ecma 5.1, opera never supported it until 12, hence it's previous low scoresphi2x # Thursday, October 27, 2011 5:01:52 PM
Then try to open a file by clicking the open button.
You will see that nothing happens!
If you try the same with Firefox or Chrome, the open file dialog pops up as it should.
So Opera fails at opening files
mtaki14 # Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:40:40 PM
Originally posted by phi2x:
Works fine here (win7 HP 64bit w/ Hardware acceleration enabled)ep01 # Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:31:16 PM
If I scroll down/up on the page, it takes a few seconds before it happens.
And, facebook also stop responding when I got a new message in chat og something other happens there.
Win7 x64
Michael Maierschwiebie # Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:40:32 PM
Originally posted by phi2x:
If I follow this link, I can't see anything besides a grey square (with the text: Sinclair Research Ltd. With any browser (Chrome, Firefox). IE doesn't load this site at all.
phi2x # Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:46:58 PM
Originally posted by mtaki14:
Oh yep you're right, I've tried again with Opera 12 alpha. It works great now!I must have mistook with Opera 11.52, which is broken on that issue.
DaringineerQuadunit404 # Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:02:38 PM
Bugfixer # Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:30:10 PM
Windows 7 32 Bit
Geforce 7600 GS with driver version 285.62
furue # Friday, October 28, 2011 1:14:22 AM
Originally posted by schwiebie:
I may be mistaken, but isn't that what's expected? On the "Sinclair Research Ltd." screen, I was able to execute these commands:which printed 32! (When you press the "L" key, the word "LET" appears on the screen; when you press "P", "PRINT" appears.) So, I guess this is an emulator of some computer. The name "Sinclair" rings a bell, but I'm not sure at all.QuHno # Friday, October 28, 2011 4:13:13 AM
Originally posted by furue:
Did you press F9 to see the "Open" button at the left side?That open button does nothing.
And yes, it is an emulator
DayderDay # Friday, October 28, 2011 5:07:11 AM
check/disable your extensions or try a clean profile
GTSSGela2010 # Friday, October 28, 2011 7:17:47 AM
nick_el_sonnickelson # Friday, October 28, 2011 8:18:13 AM
Originally posted by Gela2010:
Good question
Also I wish to see website icons bug fixed in address bar url history, hope development team do their best
delarge42 # Friday, October 28, 2011 8:47:26 AM
Originally posted by nickelson:
Unfortunately that's not a bug but a "feature"...
KlausMuller # Friday, October 28, 2011 9:09:19 AM
I found out the reason, its the system-wide-fontsize (150%). With 100% is all ok, but other browsers dont care with 150% and there it works with it.
PengePenge4 # Friday, October 28, 2011 2:51:27 PM
Unrealmirakulix # Friday, October 28, 2011 4:00:07 PM
-> http://prntscr.com/3pzji
fb, twitter, ... symbols got parts of a captcha...
Avola # Friday, October 28, 2011 8:06:19 PM
ownedowns # Friday, October 28, 2011 8:42:51 PM
Damon Andersonartpoetryfiction # Friday, October 28, 2011 8:56:51 PM
Jarasmen # Friday, October 28, 2011 11:30:28 PM
furue # Saturday, October 29, 2011 12:51:52 AM
Originally posted by QuHno:
I didn't realize the F9 feature. I tried it now and the "Open" button showed me a file chooser window. I guess that means the emulator is working for me.Debian (testing) GNU/Linux. Opera 12.00 alpha, Build 1116, System i686, 3.0.0-1-686-pae.