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No Opera crash logs when using Ubuntu?

May 16, 2011 · by Ruarí Ødegaard

In recent versions of Ubuntu Linux (or other distributions that use its kernel) the Opera crash logger no longer works out of the box, following changes made by Canonical/Ubuntu.

Internally we are testing an updated version of our crash logging tool that is unaffected by these changes. We hope to provide this shortly in a forthcoming snapshot. In the meantime, Ubuntu users who wish to re-enable Opera crash logging can do so via the work arounds outlined by Alex Murray on askubuntu.com.


You can temporarily disable this restriction [...] by doing:

echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope


To permanently allow it edit /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf and change the line:
kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 1


To read
kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 0

If you are using a distro that is not derived from Ubuntu (or an older version of Ubuntu) our crash logger should work without modification.

Readers' comments

Comments left by My Opera members under the original post: the first 32, as archived.

  • micfey16. May 2011, 13:42

    So when can we expect a new snapshot? I'm running dry already smile
  • Ruarí Ødegaardruario16. May 2011, 13:48

    sorry we don't usually pre announce snapshots. I can say that it won't be today. It also won't be tomorrow as it is Norway's national day tomorrow, so we will all be out celebrating! beer
  • Ronit Kumarronitrex16. May 2011, 13:51

    Originally posted by ruario:

    so we will all be out celebrating!


    And we will be celebrating after you release the snapshot! jester yes cheers
  • leonmcg16. May 2011, 13:59

    don't annoy them, they're working as fast as they can!
  • Muhammad-Ubaid razamubaidr16. May 2011, 14:02

    spock bigsmile cheers
  • ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker16. May 2011, 14:02

    Originally posted by ruario:

    It also won't be tomorrow as it is Norway's national day tomorrow, so we will all be out celebrating!



    And you have good reason to celebrate, Opera's desktop product has come on incredible amounts in the past year.

    Enjoy the holiday beer...
  • Colin PritchardTunrip16. May 2011, 14:17

    Originally posted by ruario:

    sorry we don't usually pre announce snapshots. I can say that it won't be today. It also won't be tomorrow as it is Norway's national day tomorrow, so we will all be out celebrating! beer


    Oooh, the suspense! smile
  • КирилKiril71716. May 2011, 14:37

    trolling removed
  • Necroman16. May 2011, 15:38

    On the other hand, in Win7 x86 I see crash log submission dialog for Opera 11.10 almost on daily basis rolleyes left
  • Manoj Chandrasekharanmachs16. May 2011, 16:31

    Originally posted by clashcityrocker:

    Originally posted by ruario:

    It also won't be tomorrow as it is Norway's national day tomorrow, so we will all be out celebrating!



    And you have good reason to celebrate, Opera's desktop product has come on incredible amounts in the past year.

    Enjoy the holiday beer...



    yeah, every time I think a browser can't get better than this, you prove me wrong... smile
    Waiting to see what's next,,!!
  • EricJH16. May 2011, 16:34

    Originally posted by Necroman:

    On the other hand, in Win7 x86 I see crash log submission dialog for Opera 11.10 almost on daily basis

    I hope you submitted them to Opera. Other than that your post is off topic here.
  • Andreydryu16. May 2011, 16:52

    Funny thing - crash logged was _never_ able to send out crash report on my Opera/Win7 installation. It always fails.
  • ncc5044616. May 2011, 17:18

    Enjoy the partying!
  • Jimtoyotabedzrock16. May 2011, 17:19

    There is some minor info about upcoming builds on the specs page.

    http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/presto28/
  • Helder Jefferson Ferreira da LuzDante00316. May 2011, 18:45

    Originally posted by Necroman:

    On the other hand, in Win7 x86 I see crash log submission dialog for Opera 11.10 almost on daily basis


    Me too on Windows 7 64bits, almost every time that I close Opera, it give me a crash log.
  • Marco Maierschwiebie16. May 2011, 19:56

    Me too. I also think, that Opera Next could be a good idea, but without any OperaNext->Next it's a bit difficult to check it.
  • flm16. May 2011, 20:25

    Originally posted by ruario:

    sorry we don't usually pre announce snapshots. I can say that it won't be today. It also won't be tomorrow as it is Norway's national day tomorrow, so we will all be out celebrating!


    And what about this:
    http://get7.opera.com/pub/opera/win/1111/int/Opera_1111_int_Setup.exe ?
  • Ronit Kumarronitrex16. May 2011, 20:28

    Originally posted by flm:

    And what about this:
    http://get7.opera.com/pub/opera/win/1111/int/Opera_1111_int_Setup.exe ?



    I think i will wait for the snapshot whistle
  • Tiago Wakabayashiozoratsubasa16. May 2011, 21:09

    we could celebrate the Norway day with a new snapshot xDD
  • Bucic16. May 2011, 21:11

    Originally posted by Dante003:

    Me too on Windows 7 64bits, almost every time that I close Opera, it give me a crash log.


    Same here after upgrading from 10.x. I had to do a clean install. I restored all my bookmarks, passwords etc. but not the operaprefs.ini file. I don't have any good news for you. People have to do clean reinstallation often. Community support on troubleshooting is so-so, Opera support? - I don't know of such a service and there are some major issues not announced by Opera, even for stable releases. This all makes troubleshooting a *ch. I strongly suggest you start off by backing up operaprefs.ini and testing your opera after deletion of operaprefs.ini.
  • sTeeVeboY16. May 2011, 21:48

    Originally posted by flm:

    And what about this:
    http://get7.opera.com/pub/opera/win/1111/int/Opera_1111_int_Setup.exe ?



    Hells yeah! bigsmile

    Already installed (Version 11.11 build 2109 / compare to last final version 11.10 build 2092!)

    Awaiting notification here in desktop team blog post and of course the changelog! p

    Probably nothing else than security patches, but better than nothing!

    Keep on ruling Opera, always having fun like a little child when a new version comes out!

    Thanks again for that internal link "flm"! whistle
  • Mariusz Banslebenhappsberg16. May 2011, 22:45

    Main reason for Chrome canary builds is that they're released frequently even with the smallest fixes. So should be Opera Next builds !
  • Mark A.NightMayor17. May 2011, 05:23

    Originally posted by happsberg:

    Main reason for Chrome canary builds is that they're released frequently even with the smallest fixes. So should be Opera Next builds !


    I don't like how Chrome releases builds like that, if the fix list is too small then you might as well just bunch them together. Also it sounds like a waste of time to keep building packages every few hours just for testing a few small fixes. They roll out snapshots fine and don't need a restrictive Chrome-style release procedure. up
  • KurtChrisDavey17. May 2011, 09:52

    Happy Constitution Day !!
  • Muhammad-Ubaid razamubaidr17. May 2011, 13:26

    Originally posted by ChrisDavey:

    Happy Constitution Day !!


    SAme from me... cheers
  • leonmcg17. May 2011, 14:03

    another problem: windows 7 64-bit, when window is maximized and then F11 pressed, on exit of full screen, when the window is restored [can be resized] it fills to whole screen, so edges cannot be accessed until window is dragged down.
    http://my.opera.com/leonmcg/albums/showpic.dml?album=7116052&picture=108502882
  • NeverSayNever117. May 2011, 16:25

    Moderator edit: This comment has been removed for breaching our terms of use.
  • NeverSayNever117. May 2011, 16:46

    did you dl the english ver or international ver ???
  • blaxima17. May 2011, 18:28

    Originally posted by NeverSayNever1:

    did you dl the english ver or international ver ???


    english
  • Muhammad-Ubaid razamubaidr17. May 2011, 19:03

    Opera 11.11 will be released tommorwow idea

    So i have to wait more for next 11.50 snapshot. doh

    headbang
  • sergiol17. May 2011, 22:38

    It seems I found a not official changelog on
    http://biblprog.org.ua/en/opera/historychanges/

    It is useless, as it only says "Fixed bugs"!
  • Full name5524a18. May 2011, 07:08

    linux opera : writing special characters to fat32.
    when a title of a web page contains some special character eg. colon : and you save it to a fat32 partition opera. opera wont tell you that it doesnt save. preferably it would change the title to something that would save.

About this article

Published inDesktop Team blog
DateMay 16, 2011
AuthorRuarí Ødegaard
TagsKubuntu, ubuntu, crashlogging, Xubuntu
OriginalInternet Archive