[SOLVED] Vivaldi can't load any websites at all

Everything2067 · 2026-06-21 18:28:09

I am trying out Vivaldi on Arch but it can't load websites at all. It does not display any errors. All it can load is its internal websites (vivaldi://settings, etc) and local HTML files but nothing else. Other web browsers, including chromium based web browsers (like Brave) work perfectly. My network is completely fine.

Here is some console output when I try to load example.com in Vivaldi:

[286148:286148:0621/235318.881367:ERROR:chromium/ui/ozone/platform/wayland/gpu/wayland_surface_factory.cc:252] '--ozone-platform=wayland' is not compatible with Vulkan. Consider switching to '--ozone-platform=x11' or disabling Vulkan
[286096:286096:0621/235319.570768:ERROR:CONSOLE:0] "Uncaught (in promise) Error: Services not available for profile.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/main.html (0)

There is no extension installed, I have checked.

Vivaldi version: Vivaldi 8.0.4033.50 stable
Screenshot of loading example.com: https://paste.rs/kHLxT.png

I have tried:
1. Disabling hardware acceleration
2. Changing DNS settings
3. Using the flag --ozone-platform=wayland --ozone-platform=x11 as suggested by the output

Some useful information:
1. This is a fresh vanilla installation, there are no extensions installed, and settings are unmodified.
2. I am using Niri as my WM, if that helps.

Last edited by Everything2067 (2026-06-21 19:39:29)

seth · 2026-06-21 19:03:32

All it can load is its internal websites (vivaldi://settings, etc) and local HTML files

Kinda yells network/firewall still…

Open a webpage and then the web inspector (ctrl+shift+i)
Elements is the DOM, Console is where errors might get printed and pressing F5 in Network will reload the page and should™ show some activity?

Using the flag --ozone-platform=wayland as suggested by the output

The output suggests to NOT do that because apparently vulkan doesn't work w/ wayland - but if it was a rendering issue, local pages would also be affected.
Does localhost:631 open the cups web interface (provided you've cups installed and running)

Everything2067 · 2026-06-21 19:16:23

seth wrote:

All it can load is its internal websites (vivaldi://settings, etc) and local HTML files
Kinda yells network/firewall still…
Open a webpage and then the web inspector (ctrl+shift+i)
Elements is the DOM, Console is where errors might get printed and pressing F5 in Network will reload the page and should™ show some activity?

No activity at all. https://paste.rs/dMu8o.png

Using the flag --ozone-platform=wayland as suggested by the output
The output suggests to NOT do that because apparently vulkan doesn't work w/ wayland - but if it was a rendering issue, local pages would also be affected.

Sorry, meant to say --ozone-platform=x11. I'll edit this in my original post.

Does localhost:631 open the cups web interface (provided you've cups installed and running)

No, none of the web interfaces (CUPS, Syncthing) do not work.

seth · 2026-06-21 19:20:31

No, none of the web interfaces (CUPS, Syncthing) do not work.

The do in other browsers?

example.com is pending, same for local services?

Everything2067 · 2026-06-21 19:22:25

seth wrote:

No, none of the web interfaces (CUPS, Syncthing) do not work.
The do in other browsers?

Yes.

example.com is pending, same for local services?

Yes.

seth · 2026-06-21 19:28:40

Does http://127.0.0.1:631 work?
This is either a problem w/ DNS (vivaldi has some config options to control that) or vivaldi is otherwise stuck in http requests - have you restarted it?
(Make sure there're no stale processes around after closing the window, in doubt kill them)

Everything2067 · 2026-06-21 19:39:16

Nevermind, a simple system reboot worked for some reason. Thanks for the help though.

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[SOLVED] Vivaldi can't load any websites at all

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