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mhakali

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Registered: 2006-08-31

Posts: 31

[SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Hello!

If you are experiencing problems with Opera segfaulting since last system update (2007-04-04) looking something like:

mikael@Nixie ~$ opera
Segmentation fault
mikael@Nixie ~$ strace -f opera
..... etc ....
read(10, "%\302@\260\301\334\255\271q\313\357G\253\223m\'}\323\266"..., 12288) = 12288
read(10, "\341\376\201\205\177\333\4.P8\0\355L\0\272\1\5\334\267"..., 4096) = 4096
brk(0x911c000)                          = 0x911c000
gettimeofday({1175764740, 999403}, NULL) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
Process 5535 detached

Do this: Downgrade the package libx11 from version 1.1.1-4 to 1.1.1-3 and Opera will work again.

Kept a mirror for you here: http://adiza.nexticom.net/files/package … pkg.tar.gz

Greets,
   Mikael

Last edited by mhakali (2007-04-05 09:48:29)

mykey

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From: out of the blue

Registered: 2007-03-02

Posts: 113

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Thanks for the tip - your mirror seems to be down though - you can get the package here:

ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/suns … pkg.tar.gz

cromo

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From: Czestochowa, Poland

Registered: 2006-09-20

Posts: 87

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Alternatively you can build the package from abs and remove the line that applies the patch.

patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Thanks, problem actually solved.

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JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

It's a nullpointer dereference in opera. Either the input validation in libx11 is too strict, or opera does wrong things and doesn't check for any failure. As Opera is the only application that crashes, and given the fact that there's no possible way to debug their big fat static binary without debug information, I blame opera for this bug and wait with fixing libx11 until either the Xorg team comes with a fix or Opera comes with proof that it's not something wrong in their browser.
The patch we applied is a security fix that fixes security issues possible with many applications.

@leX

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From: Israel

Registered: 2003-11-06

Posts: 76

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6816

@leX

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From: Israel

Registered: 2003-11-06

Posts: 76

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Hotfix ready.
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/04/06/hotfix

scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

It does work, but it crashes like hell after that "hotfix". Surely enough they will come out with something better.

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Purch

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From: Finland

Registered: 2006-02-23

Posts: 229

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

use opera-weekly from AUR

atm wikipedia.org kills opera-weekly

Last edited by Purch (2007-04-07 01:08:06)

Cagnulein

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From: Modena, Italy

Registered: 2006-04-03

Posts: 260

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Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

use opera-weekly from AUR

atm wikipedia.org kills opera-weekly

use http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=3807 instead

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Purch

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From: Finland

Registered: 2006-02-23

Posts: 229

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

use http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=3807 instead

Same problem, so no help

Cagnulein

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From: Modena, Italy

Registered: 2006-04-03

Posts: 260

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Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

it works fine here. how did you upgrade to opera-devel? did you have encounter any errors?

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cromo

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From: Czestochowa, Poland

Registered: 2006-09-20

Posts: 87

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Opera weekly 635 build just came out with a better fix for the libx11 problem.

Cagnulein

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From: Modena, Italy

Registered: 2006-04-03

Posts: 260

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Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

updated

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scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Yep, 935 seems working really well.

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Purch

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From: Finland

Registered: 2006-02-23

Posts: 229

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Opera weekly 635 build just came out with a better fix for the libx11 problem.

Works perfectly so far and wikipedia wont bring down the opera

Theoden

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Registered: 2005-03-03

Posts: 240

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Anyone needing an arch pkg for Opera - Version 9.20- development ... can find it here:

http://linuxgangster.org/Theoden/opera- … pkg.tar.gz

This solves the segfault problem of 9.10 created by the upgrade of libx11.

--Theoden 

Last edited by Theoden (2007-04-08 00:09:12)

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Lontronics

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Registered: 2006-08-28

Posts: 121

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Thanks Theoden, working fine here

I was using the static opera from community, but also had the crash error...
This package is solving it for me.

Jan

Theoden

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Registered: 2005-03-03

Posts: 240

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Thanks Theoden, working fine here

I was using the static opera from community, but also had the crash error...
This package is solving it for me.

Jan

Glad it helped.

--Theoden 

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Mo

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 92

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Build 936 was released today. It is more stable than 935 I think..

Mo.

Last edited by Mo (2007-04-08 18:35:27)

Theoden

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Registered: 2005-03-03

Posts: 240

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

Thanks for the update.  The latest arch pkg can now be found here:

http://linuxgangster.org/Theoden/opera- … pkg.tar.gz

This gives:

Version------9.20
Build----------636
Platform-----Linux

--Theoden 

Last edited by Theoden (2007-04-08 23:49:56)

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Registered: 2006-11-26

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Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

I upgraded my libx11 to 1.1.4 again, installed Opera 9.20, but a few minutes later Opera bailed out when i tried to look up something in the search tool through the search tool at the top right... Fire up Opera again, it bails out again. Loads of fun.

I'll wait untill 9.2 hits stable i guess

BTW did anybody notice they seem to have made Yahoo! their default search engine? I mean wth??

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Theoden

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Registered: 2005-03-03

Posts: 240

Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

I upgraded my libx11 to 1.1.4 again, installed Opera 9.20, but a few minutes later Opera bailed out when i tried to look up something in the search tool through the search tool at the top right... Fire up Opera again, it bails out again. Loads of fun.

I'll wait untill 9.2 hits stable i guess

BTW did anybody notice they seem to have made Yahoo! their default search engine? I mean wth??

Try the one I just posted here - much more stable - no google search issues in this one here.

--Theoden 

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Cagnulein

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From: Modena, Italy

Registered: 2006-04-03

Posts: 260

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Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

updated

Last edited by Cagnulein (2007-04-09 09:18:39)

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Registered: 2006-11-26

Posts: 5,819

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Re: [SOLUTION] Opera 9.10/9.20 segfault since last update

I upgraded my libx11 to 1.1.4 again, installed Opera 9.20, but a few minutes later Opera bailed out when i tried to look up something in the search tool through the search tool at the top right... Fire up Opera again, it bails out again. Loads of fun.

I'll wait untill 9.2 hits stable i guess

BTW did anybody notice they seem to have made Yahoo! their default search engine? I mean wth??

Try the one I just posted here - much more stable - no google search issues in this one here.

--Theoden 

I used your package . Thanks for the effort, but it's not working over here.

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