Re: Debian 4.0 Opera not displayable?

[regexes <regexes@xxxxxxxxx>]

regexes wrote:
> Jens Schüßler wrote:
> > * regexes <regexes@xxxxxxxxx> [03-07-08 20:31]:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Hmmm... I don't know how to explain this but Opera is not viewable in 
> > > the Window Manager (I use Enlightenment).
> > >
> > > I had an Opera (9.50) session running and then changed the theme of 
> > > the WM.  Opera then disappeared.  Since I could not stop it manually, 
> > > I killed the opera process and restarted it.  It starts fine but I 
> > > don't have a "GUI", I only see the process when running a "ps -ef".  
> > > Then I rebooted... no difference, process runs but no "GUI".
> > >
> > > Ok... I thought I'd update to 9.51.  I still have the same problem.  
> > > All other programs run without any problems... and I can see them. ;-)
> > >
> > > Any ideas here?
> >
> > Not much. Do you use the shared ore the static opera.deb?
> > Did it work with 9.27. Maybe you should give the static one a try...
> >
> > Regards
> > Jens
>
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  It worked with 9.27.. in fact, I've never had a 
> problem with the browser before.  I downloaded the "default" one that 
> was offered from the Opera website.  According to aptitude it's 
> opera-static.  Where can I get the shared one?  I couldn't find it...
>
> regexes

I just tried running it as root... the browser runs fine that way. 
Could there be some strange permissions problem going on?  I installed 
the .deb package using "dpkg -i" (which I have always done) and never 
had the problem before...  I'm baffled... :-(