Patricia Aas

operapluginwrapper at 100% CPU in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

Wednesday, 5. September 2007, 07:16:16

We are affected by the issue discussed here:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463773#c10

note that this bug is a Flash/Gtk/GLib issue, but unfortunately hits us because with the currently stable version of Flash we offer the Xt mainloop and that means that the wrapper is not Gtk. Note also that this affects OpenOffice and Konqueror with Flash aswell.

9.5 Alpha is out and I can talk about plugins :)Mainloop Negotiation Spec

Comments

Paul Hackett # 5. October 2007, 19:07

Hi,
I'm using Opera 9.23 on my MacBook where I use OS X, Ubuntu Feisty and Sidux (based on Debian Sid with KDE) as OSes.
I get this operapluginwrapper problem very frequently in Sidux ONLY on this machine. It's almost at the stage where I've considered changing to Firefox in Sidux because of this annoyance.
When it happens (particularly in iGoogle and Gmail), the screen freezes and turns darker and grey. This lasts for 10-15 seconds and then things revert to normal (for a while at least).
OK, so this is a bug but is there no workaround I can use to minimise the problem?
Thanks
Paul

Patricia Aas # 5. October 2007, 19:21

Currently I would advise you to try the new Opera Alpha :

http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/

were this is currently worked around - rumour has it the Ubuntu people have chosen to patch their gtk to get around the problem, but they were not the only ones with the problem - their users just complained first. I do hope you continue to use Opera - and the Alpha has a lot of new cool features aswell (note especially the performance) - but it is an alpha after all...

Paul Hackett # 5. October 2007, 19:39

Thanks for your quick reply.
OK, I'm going to try the alpha as you suggested.
Cheers
Paul

Paul Hackett # 5. October 2007, 23:00

Hi Patricia
OK, I installed Opera 9.50 in Sidux and the operapluginwrapper problem I had in 9.23 is completely gone. So, Opera is now usable in Sidux.
Additionally, 9.50 really seems just a shade more responsive than 9.23 although I would prefer to wait a little longer before drawing a definite conclusion on this.
Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Paul

Patricia Aas # 5. October 2007, 23:26

That's great

Like all alphas it has it's share of issues - but I for one will not go back - I'm spoiled now.

towolf # 7. November 2007, 01:26

In the currently current build 1652 I have the phenomenon with .48 that flv streams are cut off a few seconds in, with the plugin dieing. Besides the frequent/freak crashes, of course.
Is this still known/expected behaviour, or have I borked my Opera? Sucks somewhat not being able to check your bugzilla status.

Patricia Aas # 8. November 2007, 11:33

1652 has a lot of plugin issues, upcoming builds will probably have even more

we are in deep development of this right now - so the state of plugins on unix will be unstable for a little while longer.

towolf # 17. November 2007, 13:15

Seems to work somewhat better now.
Keep up the good work.

Dave Hite # 11. September 2008, 15:26

Hi Patricia,
It's Dave, from New Mexico!
I'm using Opera and love it. I am seeing the same operapluginwrapper on RHEL5.
I'm using 9.52, build 2091. I'll see if there's a newer version out there for me to try.

Take care! Thanks,
-Dave-

andraskovacs # 22. October 2008, 08:33

Hi,

I see now how long has been it is a pending problem. I use:

Version 9.61
Build 2456
+Debian

...and I'm now getting extremely nervous. I've been an Opera user for almost 10 years now, and I can't believe that it is impossible to fix this issue or not even providing a workaround. This thing has been striking me from 9.50. I have to kill operapluginwrapper twice a minute...

Since I have other problems with Opera on Debian (a type of pop-up window opening up endlessly), I'm now considering switching to something else... thanks, indeed!