Vivaldi 4.0 will not open a new window

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I am noticing that vivaldi 4.0 will not open a new window or new private window, either with via the menu or the keyboard shortcut. I am running sway. I can see new processes spawned, but no new windows appear.

Is anyone else experiencing the same?

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have you tried running from terminal, see what error it throws.

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Thats the strange thing - there does not seem to be a major error thrown. When starting from the command line I see these “normal” errors:

[21666:21666:0613/212947.660746:ERROR:cursor_loader.cc(107)] Failed to load a platform cursor of type kNull
[21703:21703:0613/212947.701098:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(440)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is egl
MESA-INTEL: warning: Performance support disabled, consider sysctl dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid=0

[21703:21703:0613/212947.783669:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
[21703:21703:0613/212947.826706:ERROR:skia_output_device_vulkan.cc(271)] Failed to create vulkan surface.
[21666:21666:0613/212949.376097:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Unchecked runtime.lastError: The message port closed before a response was received.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/browser.html (0)

When trying to start a new windows I get:

[21666:21666:0613/213044.276279:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/browser.html (0)
[21666:21666:0613/213044.673606:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Unknown error.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/browser.html (0)

Which seems similar.

I should note that this only occurs when I use --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland - I do not see this behavior under Xwayland

I have been using Vivaldi 3.8x series under sway for months; this is the first time I notice this problem. I would be appreciative for any help - I am sure I am not the only one having this issue.

Thanks!

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sorry don’t think i can help, i use firefox on my sway on a rpi400.
i have no idea what ozone-platform is.

just wait i’m sure others will be along, you probably want to provide more details like specs, could be a hardware/gpu issue.

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Hi @kerry_s

ozone-platform is a abstraction layer that allows running chromium-based browsers (and electron) to run natively in Wayland. I am guessing this has something to do with Vivaldi and Wayland.

I just installed chromium and tested it out, and there is not problem in opening new windows, even when running with ozone-platform enabled for native Wayland display.