Preview 2 of Opera 7 for Linux available
Espen Sand
The second preview of Opera 7 for Linux is now available.
Please note that this is a preview. It has not been
tested as much as it would have been had it been a final
release. It is not feature complete and it may be unstable in
some cases.
Since this is a preview release it is advised to backup the local
~/.opera directory in the home directory before you start to use
preview 2
The packages are available here:
http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/intel-linux/365-20030307-7.0.0-P2/
Please take a look at this file as well to determine what
package to select:
http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/intel-linux/365-20030307-7.0.0-P2/whatpackage.txt
There is no version ready for RedHat 8x/Mandrake 9x at the
moment. We hope to have a build ready early next week for those
distributions.
If you have any comments or questions please send them to the
opera.linux news group or the opera-linux mail list. We (the UNIX
team) monitor those lists.
If you send a message please do not reply to this announce. Instead,
make a new message with a title that describes the issue. That way it
is simpler to sort out the different replies.
Changelog:
- Support for preferred fonts (in International Fonts in Preferences)d:
- Support for codepage where relevant (Oriental languages)
- More intelligent loading of Xft libraries, to avoid crashes
- A number of other page layout issues and bugs.
Bookmarks:
- Support for import for Netscape html based bookmark file.
- Support for Internet Explorer bookmark import.
- Support for KDE1 bookmark import
- Support for Konquerer bookmark import
- Support for Open and New
- Support form sorted bookmark menus (main menu bar and in personal bar)
- Support for contact menu lists (used in the mail window - add contact button)
- Added a workaround for a crash problem in the bookmark list
- Various minor fixes.
Startup dialog box:
- The start dialog box will now be shown if Opera crashed in the
previous session.
- Some fixes for the startup dialog box. It did not work 100% as
it should. The Buy button did not work.
- Corrected wrong behavior in the startup code. The kind of startup
mode could end up being another than what the user wanted.
Command line arguments:
- Added new remote command "lower()" which will lower the main window
- Added new command line option "noraise" which will prevent the
window that receives a remote command to raise on top of the rest
of the windows.
Window manager interaction:
- Fixed a problem that caused modal dialog boxes to block the help
window.
- A number of fixes to bypass a problem in Qt. The WM_CLASSNAME
property is not set (at least in some versions of Qt3) so it is
now set manually. The WM_CLASSNAME property is used by some window
managers to group windows.
Focus:
- Located a fix for a longstanding and nasty focus issue that prevented
proper initial keyboard input when a dialog was shown.
- Various other fixes.
Misc:
- Enabled the registration dialog box.
- Enabled a proper "confirm insecure submit" dialog with a "do not show
again" checkbox.
- Opera for Linux 7 is now able to convert saved "win" files (window
sessions) for version 5 and 6 of Opera for Linux.
- Fixed a (nasty) bug in the history panel that made it possible to not update
the history file after an item was deleted.
- The dropdown widgets on the address bar can now activate the dropdown
list by using the down arrow
- Fixed a rather nasty keyboard/mouse blocking problem that would
occur if a modal dialog box got visible while panning (autoscrolling)
was activated.
Enjoy,
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Espen Sand
es...@opera.com
Kenneth
all buttons and text invisible:
opera: Could not initialize VXML component, errno = -1
/Kenneth
William E. Taylor
am running on Red Hat 8.0. When I try to start it I get the following
errors:
taylow@pcp01390239pcs taylow]$
/usr/local/src/opera-7.0.0-20030307.1-static-qt.i386/opera
opera: Could not find "ini/standard_toolbar.ini"
opera: Could not find "ini/standard_toolbar.ini"
opera: Could not find "ini/standard_mouse.ini"
opera: Could not find "ini/standard_keyboard.ini"
opera: Could not find "ini/standard_menu.ini"
opera: Could not initialize VXML component, errno = -1
opera: Could not initialize M2
opera: Initialization failure.
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William E. Taylor
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Werner Paukert
> I tried the static version on Mandrake 9.1rc2 and I get an error which
> makes all buttons and text invisible:
>
> opera: Could not initialize VXML component, errno = -1
>
> /Kenneth
>
same issue under Mandrake 9.0
can't get Java to run, no problem under 6.11
can't get the registration Code to work (License dated Oct.2002)
can't change the button.ini
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Powered By Mandrake Linux 9.0
MandrakeClub Member since March 12, 2002
Espen Sand
>
> In reply to Espen Sand
>
> ES> now set manually. The WM_CLASSNAME property is used by some window
> ES> managers to group windows.
>
> The minor fixes mentioned -- it seems that the bug that causes Opera
> to always start maximized is still in, yes? It behaves exactly the same
> way as Preview 1, which did not remember or used the window sizes that
> it may (not) have saved.
I have not looked into that yet. Can you try to use the -geometry start
option? (example: opera -geometry 600x800+100+100)
If you have another window manager available it would be interesting to
know if the maximize problem is there as well.
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Espen Sand
es...@opera.com
Espen Sand
>
> Just installed the7 P2 version: "opera-7.0.0-20030307.1-static-qt.i386". I
> am running on Red Hat 8.0. When I try to start it I get the following
> errors:
>
> taylow@pcp01390239pcs taylow]$
> /usr/local/src/opera-7.0.0-20030307.1-static-qt.i386/opera
> opera: Could not find "ini/standard_toolbar.ini"
> opera: Could not find "ini/standard_mouse.ini"
> opera: Could not find "ini/standard_keyboard.ini"
> opera: Could not initialize VXML component, errno = -1
> opera: Could not initialize M2
> opera: Initialization failure.
The "Could not initialize VXML component" is not important.
The ini files are required for proper operation.
Where have you installed the ini directory?
The default install will put it in /usr/share/opera/ini
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Espen Sand
es...@opera.com
Espen Sand
>
> Kenneth wrote:
>
> > I tried the static version on Mandrake 9.1rc2 and I get an error which
> > makes all buttons and text invisible:
> >
> > opera: Could not initialize VXML component, errno = -1
> >
> > /Kenneth
> >
> same issue under Mandrake 9.0
> can't get Java to run, no problem under 6.11
Java support has not been enabled yet.
> can't get the registration Code to work (License dated Oct.2002)
Did the description that came with code say it would work for 6 and 7?
> can't change the button.ini
The button.ini is no longer used. We use a set of other ini files
(but you can not configure the main toolbar in this release - known issue)
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Espen Sand
es...@opera.com
Kenneth
>
> The "Could not initialize VXML component" is not important.
>
> The ini files are required for proper operation.
>
> Where have you installed the ini directory?
> The default install will put it in /usr/share/opera/ini
Well, in my case I used the static RPM and yes, the ini directory seems to
be in /usr/share/opera/ini
In my case, Preview 2 is completely unusable as the text is missing in most
part of the Opera UI.
/Kenneth
Espen Sand
>
> Espen Sand wrote:
>
> >
> > The "Could not initialize VXML component" is not important.
> >
> > The ini files are required for proper operation.
> >
> > Where have you installed the ini directory?
> > The default install will put it in /usr/share/opera/ini
>
> Well, in my case I used the static RPM and yes, the ini directory seems to
> be in /usr/share/opera/ini
And you still can not load the ini files? If so Opera looks in the wrong place
for some reason.
>
> In my case, Preview 2 is completely unusable as the text is missing in most
> part of the Opera UI.
"Opera UI" but not in the document area? right?
Seems to happen on on Mandrake 9x. We will try to release a package on monday
made on mdk 9.0
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Espen Sand
es...@opera.com
Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen
> I tried the static version on Mandrake 9.1rc2 and I get an error which makes
> all buttons and text invisible:
>
> opera: Could not initialize VXML component, errno = -1
>
> /Kenneth
>
This error message is not important. Please ignore it.
I'll leave it to Espen to figure out where your buttons and text
have gone...
eirik
Kenneth
>> In my case, Preview 2 is completely unusable as the text is missing in
>> most part of the Opera UI.
>
> "Opera UI" but not in the document area? right?
>
Exactly. The document area is ok. Menus also look normal (File, Edit, etc)
and I can e.g. open preferences normally. Ads also appear ok.
But:
- The startup dialog box has no text at all.
- Main toolbar is gone.
- No text in hotlist
/Kenneth
Brixomatic
> I tried the static version on Mandrake 9.1rc2 and I get an error which makes
> all buttons and text invisible:
Woowww.. NEWSFLASH, Kenneth!
May I quote Espen's original message here?
He wrote:
> > There is no version ready for RedHat 8x/Mandrake 9x at the
> > moment. We hope to have a build ready early next week for those
> > distributions.
What did you expect?
Greets,
-Wanja-
Kenneth
> In article <b4aoup$hf5$1...@mail.opera.no>, Kenneth says...
>
>> I tried the static version on Mandrake 9.1rc2 and I get an error which
>> makes all buttons and text invisible:
>
> Woowww.. NEWSFLASH, Kenneth!
> May I quote Espen's original message here?
> He wrote:
Well, the static builds usually work with any version.
That's why I usually use them instead of the dynamic ones.
/Kenneth
Espen Sand
>
> Brixomatic wrote:
>
> > In article <b4aoup$hf5$1...@mail.opera.no>, Kenneth says...
> >
> >> I tried the static version on Mandrake 9.1rc2 and I get an error which
> >> makes all buttons and text invisible:
> >
> > Woowww.. NEWSFLASH, Kenneth!
> > May I quote Espen's original message here?
> > He wrote:
>
> Well, the static builds usually work with any version.
>
> That's why I usually use them instead of the dynamic ones.
Well, I am not sure yet what causes this, but in any case it
will be interesting to se what happens with the "right" build.
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Espen Sand
es...@opera.com
Werner Paukert
I am using always the static Version.
But having the above things with both versions
Haavard K. Moen
> I tried the static version on Mandrake 9.1rc2 and I get an error which makes
> all buttons and text invisible:
>
> opera: Could not initialize VXML component, errno = -1
This error probably isn't related to your problem at all. Tried
renaming your ~/.opera directory?
Fran
Maxed out to screen size using BlackBox.
Not windowmanager type maximised but full screen.
Fran
:):):)
Fran
> opera -geometry 600x800+100+100
Nope.
Still fullscreening in BB 0.62.
Fran
:):):)
Jonathan A.
appears to have said:
>
>
> David Mehrmann wrote:
>>
>> In reply to Espen Sand
>>
>> ES> now set manually. The WM_CLASSNAME property is used by some window
>> ES> managers to group windows.
Yay! Finally... sane window management again. Thank you. (Any
chance of back porting that fix to the Opera 6.1x version?)
>> The minor fixes mentioned -- it seems that the bug that causes Opera
>> to always start maximized is still in, yes? It behaves exactly the same
>> way as Preview 1, which did not remember or used the window sizes that
>> it may (not) have saved.
>
> I have not looked into that yet. Can you try to use the -geometry start
> option? (example: opera -geometry 600x800+100+100)
>
> If you have another window manager available it would be interesting to
> know if the maximize problem is there as well.
I see the same thing here with icewm 1.2.0. I thought maybe the
startup script was the culprit so I put the opera-6.11 binary in
place of the opera-7 binary, ran the script and geometry options
worked fine. Once I put the opera-7 binary back in place all geometry
arguments became null. It starts fully maximized no matter what I
ask it to do.
FWIW,
Jonathan
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Jonathan A.
appears to have said:
> Espen Sand wrote:
>> I have not looked into that yet. Can you try to use the -geometry start
>> option? (example: opera -geometry 600x800+100+100)
>>
>> If you have another window manager available it would be interesting to
>> know if the maximize problem is there as well.
>>
>
> Maxed out to screen size using BlackBox.
> Not windowmanager type maximised but full screen.
Hmm, with Icewm I get a "normal" maximized window with title bar and
buttons. Of course I get it even when I request a smaller geometry.
<shrug>
Regards,
William E. Taylor
Sorry, This was my Problem. I see the GUI display but I have no buttons. I
will look around to see if other people who have this same problem and look
for their resolution.
tbt
>> can't change the button.ini
>
> The button.ini is no longer used. We use a set of other ini files
> (but you can not configure the main toolbar in this release - known issue)
>
in the prefrences, it asks for a ini file, but giving it a ini or a zip
does not work.
tbt.
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Espen Sand
>
> Espen Sand wrote, methinks, on Saturday 08 March 2003 03:12:
>
> >> can't change the button.ini
> >
> > The button.ini is no longer used. We use a set of other ini files
> > (but you can not configure the main toolbar in this release - known issue)
> >
>
> in the prefrences, it asks for a ini file, but giving it a ini or a zip
> does not work.
I should have mentioned in the release mail (I forgot, sorry) that
the preference dialog box is not ready yet.
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Steve Gunhouse
> Espen Sand wrote:
>
> Exactly. The document area is ok. Menus also look normal (File, Edit, etc)
> and I can e.g. open preferences normally. Ads also appear ok.
>
> But:
> - The startup dialog box has no text at all.
> - Main toolbar is gone.
> - No text in hotlist
>
> /Kenneth
Just for comparison ... I have ML 9.0 and 9.1b2 (busy downloading RC2
in the background just now). I installed in 9.0 over 6.11, and in
9.1b2 over O7P1. I have no font problems in either - just the toolbar
problem mentioned earlier, and no Java (also mentioned earlier). Oh,
and a poorly-configured mail account in 9.0, I thought I'd try
importing but M2 doesn't recognize kmail's account info.
Oh, in KDE3, Opera is remembering its window size - I haven't tried
other WMs yet. It originally opened maximized, but I resized it, and
the following times (3 or 4) it has opened at the size and state I
left it in.
New bug? I don't browse with Maximized windows. After opening a mail
window (which is maximized) and then closing it, the browser window
which was in a windowed state behind it becomes maximized. Used both
the close gesture and the window-close button, both did the same thing
- but not 100% of the time.
Steve (sgunhouse from the MyOpera forums)
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