Opera 7.30 Not Loading, hourglass appears and dissapears... Options

[Zub]

Hi - I recently downloaded the opera 7.30 browser to my zaurus 5500 and cannot get it to load properly..

I installed it via the command line using...
ipkg -d ram install xxx.ipk

then symlinked it using...
ipkg-link add xxx

I then retarted Opie and the Opera icon appeared but when I click on it, the hourglass symbol briefly appears on the taskbar then dissapears?

SETUP:
Zaurus 5500
OZ 3.53
Opie 1.20
Symbol Spectrum Wireless LAN CF


Can anyone help me get over this problem?

Thanks in advance,

Z

[lardman]

Have you used the compat libs on it?

Generally speaking, try running an app from the command line and you'll see the error message (which in this case with be a missing symbol).


Si

[Zub]

ok - good suggestion - tahnkyou
I tried running the app from the command line and got the error-

undefined symbol: 7QString.shared_null

I see from another thread that I do need the sharp compat libs you mention.

Where could I get these required library files?

Thanks,

[Zub]

UPDATE - I just found the compat libs file

I will try installing it now and try opera again,

quick question - when I install these compat files, do I need to symlink them aswell or is that only necessary when installing applications/games etc?

[Zub]

i installed the sharp-compat lib files along with another file (opie-sh)
but still get the same error when I try running opera from command line

[JohnX]

First make sure that your ran ipkg-link on opie-sh and sharp-compat-libs. Now, in settings there should now be a green&purple icon that says "libraries." You need to click on that, click list, click applications, then select Opera. A box with a warning may pop up. Just agree to whatever it says and go and launch Opera from it's icon. It's possible Opera may not start the first time. If it doesn't just click it again and it should be fine. If that doesn't work try running from the command line again and tell us if it at least has a different error now. HTH.

One more thing: If you install any package to any place except "root" (aka /) you need to run ipkg-link before you can use it. If you just need to link one package you can use ipkg-link add package, if you need to link more than one and you don't remember their names you can just go ipkg-link mount /path/to/destination/

-John

[Zub]

Thanks for the step by step help John, much appreciated.

I followed your suggestions and installed the two required libraries and opera without any problems, including linking them.

I can now load Opera and it appears but there is a further problem...

The error message 'could not open file' (with the file path file://home/QtP...something)

If I OK the message then it dissapears but no icons are displayed on the screen at all, just a series of small white blocks at the top of the screen, no navigation buttons or background etc..

Do you have any idea what this may be?

Thanks,

[lardman]

Icons are another well known issue.

ln -s /usr/share/opera /opt/QtPalmtop/opera

Or something like that; try search for the exact path.


Si