I’m not entirely sure under which topic to report this. Anyway, as per subject, I applied the latest update to Vivaldi, on KDE. When the app is opened, the window appears briefly, but then crashes out. Run from the command line I get as reported below.
Seemingly a problem with the Calendar (which I have never used).
For now I have downgraded back to 5.2.2623.26-1.1, which runs perfectly OK…
$ vivaldi-stable
[12360:12416:0414/114902.723646:ERROR:database.cc(1784)] Calendar SQLite error: code 1 errno 0: no such column: task sql: UPDATE events SET end = due WHERE task = true
[12360:12416:0414/114902.723664:ERROR:calendar_database.cc(49)] Calendar DB failed to migrate from version 11. Calendar API will be disabled.
[12360:12416:0414/114902.723723:ERROR:calendar_backend.cc(124)] INIT_TOO_NEW
[12360:12360:0414/114902.885448:ERROR:system_web_app_manager.cc(320)] Exceeded SWA install retry attempts. Skipping installation, will retry on next OS update or when locale changes.
[12360:12360:0414/114904.673461:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "syncDetachedTabInformation: The message port closed before a response was received.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/bundle.js (1)
[12360:12360:0414/114904.673537:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "syncDetachedTabInformation: The message port closed before a response was received.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/bundle.js (1)
[12360:12360:0414/114904.673584:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "syncDetachedTabInformation: The message port closed before a response was received.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/bundle.js (1)
[12360:12360:0414/114904.673630:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "syncDetachedTabInformation: The message port closed before a response was received.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/bundle.js (1)
[12360:12360:0414/114904.673675:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "syncDetachedTabInformation: The message port closed before a response was received.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/bundle.js (1)
[12360:12360:0414/114904.673720:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "syncDetachedTabInformation: The message port closed before a response was received.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/bundle.js (1)
[12360:12360:0414/114904.673764:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "syncDetachedTabInformation: The message port closed before a response was received.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/bundle.js (1)
[0414/114904.730230:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
[0414/114904.730988:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
[0414/114904.731090:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
[0414/114904.731142:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
[0414/114904.731348:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped) vivaldi-stable
Thanks very much for the suggestion, I was able to open with --incognito, disable everything there, then try again … but unfortunately with the exact same result.
Opening in incognito gives me the error messages below. What is baffling me here is that I do not have any extensions enabled now, and I do not have an extension anywhere I can see in my profile with ID mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli
$ vivaldi-stable --incognito
[25283:25341:0414/145122.030469:ERROR:database.cc(1784)] Calendar SQLite error: code 1 errno 0: no such column: task sql: UPDATE events SET end = due WHERE task = true
[25283:25341:0414/145122.030507:ERROR:calendar_database.cc(49)] Calendar DB failed to migrate from version 11. Calendar API will be disabled.
[25283:25341:0414/145122.030628:ERROR:calendar_backend.cc(124)] INIT_TOO_NEW
[25283:25283:0414/145122.148437:ERROR:system_web_app_manager.cc(320)] Exceeded SWA install retry attempts. Skipping installation, will retry on next OS update or when locale changes.
[25283:25283:0414/145123.844146:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "syncDetachedTabInformation: The message port closed before a response was received.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/bundle.js (1)
[25283:25283:0414/145123.850740:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Unknown error.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/browser.html (0)
[25283:25283:0414/145124.661469:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Cannot access contents of url "chrome://extensions/". Extension manifest must request permission to access this host.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/browser.html (0)
[25283:25283:0414/145124.661789:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Cannot access contents of url "chrome://extensions/". Extension manifest must request permission to access this host.", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/browser.html (0)
[25283:25283:0414/145126.251084:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "Uncaught (in promise) [object Object]", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/background-common-bundle.js (1)
[25283:25283:0414/145126.251367:ERROR:CONSOLE(1)] "Uncaught (in promise) [object Object]", source: chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/background-common-bundle.js (1)
I should add: I actually get the same error messages when I downgrade to the previous version (with extensions disabled). Except it does not do the segmentation fault.
Thank you for that suggestion. Interesting … it still complains about the extension I don’t have and certainly don’t have enabled, but it doesn’t complain about the Calendar, and it does not segfault.
However if I switch back to Person 1 (so imaginatively named ), back to all same error messages, and it segfaults.
I suppose I am going to have to face up to the facts and re-install … ach, all those passwords and extensions to restore
This shows that it’s a user profile / config issue; not a system nor Vivaldi issue. Somewhere in your “Person 1” profile folder is an errant config file, possibly.
Why reinstall? Are you referring to reinstalling Manjaro? Reinstalling Vivaldi?
Sorry, yes I just mean re-install Vivaldi. I know I could be smarter and just create a new profile, but to be honest I think it’s ultimately less work to just save my bookmarks and start from scratch, and besides, I am not quite sure what part of Vivaldi configs I’ve broken, when or how.
I marked as solved, but as a postscript: running version 5.2.2623.34, which came out just a couple of hours ago, gives the same error messages but does not crash
Vivaldi was crashing for me this morning but only on my Default profile. So I knew nothing drastic needed to be done like reinstalling or deleting everything. I figured that it probably had something to do with restoring tabs/session, so what worked for me was going to .config/vivaldi/Default/Sessions and deleting the following files: Session_123456789 and Tabs_123456789. I might not have needed to delete both those files but that’s what I did .
Thanks ydar, and winnie again, if I could mark both as solutions I would. ydar’s solution is certainly much less dramatic than a re-install. (Although I was lucky and did not actually re-install, given the newer update just worked.)
@drfear, if you don’t give me back my hard-earned Solution trophy, then you will know the true meaning of fear! Mark my words I wi-. Ohhhhhh. Your name is “Dr. Fear”? Nevermind then. I thought you were “DRF Ear”.
I apologize again! Although in a way now the whole question has become redundant, I rather suspect it might crop up again in a future release. A while back I had a problem with opening Sessions saved in a previous version (using the Save all tabs as session thing) causing the newer version to crash. Seems the code is a bit sensitive on this feature.
I overcame that one by not using the feature at all, preferring Bookmark all tabs (which puts a lot less strain on the system too).
Last but not least, people do assume my username is some kind of gamer tag, but actually Dr Fear is my real name
(Do not accidentally delete your primary user profile/folder!) 
), back to all same error messages, and it segfaults.
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