[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
The issue is no longer present as of firefox 49 shipped by ubuntu. (Using firefox-mozilla-build, the issue was resolved as of version 46.) No graphics updates whatsoever from 14.04 (xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1) should be necessary. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
I can confirm the bug Jaap Woldringh mentioned. Also, some small help on how to reset gfx.xrender.enabled to true to work around it: look in ~/.mozilla/firefox/hashcode.default/prefs.js for the same settings that can be configured via about:config. (It may not be trivial to everyone how to do this when Firefox itself is not functional due to the error.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
I repeat this comment here, as I saw tool late that the other place (1316250) was not the correct place (sorry for this): I had this bug and fixed it as in comment #11. This was fine, on a Pentium M Toshiba laptop, using Lubuntu 14.04. However, after the latest update of Firefox (40.0) Firefox stops loading before the URL-bar appears, and pages can be loaded. Just the main frame appears, with the heading with the name of the start page. I found the setting gfx.xrender.enabled to False is the culprit, so I had to undo this setting. So: now what should I do? Jaap Woldringh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
I apologize, I didn't mean to boss anyone around. I'm not in charge, nor am I a maintainer or triager, I am just another user. Please don't take this as representative of the ubuntu community. I talked briefly with a maintainer of xserver-xorg-video-intel, and they suggested the procedure for incorporating the necessary fixes for this issue in the non HWE release. Based on the response to Freedesktop#79165, it didn't seem to be obvious which patch this is, however. Cf. http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2015/02/26/%23ubuntu-x.html : | [20:51] mlankhorst https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates is the procedure | [20:51] mlankhorst bit of paperwork + making a fixed package Unfortunately I will not be able to assist with this issue any further. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
You are *kidding* me, right??? We talk here about the chipset 865G (Springdale), which was released in 2003! Nobody wants to upgrade or enable the HWE... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
You need to upgrade to the version for the 14.04.2 point release (2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu4.2~trusty1), see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
Installed today all updates (not proposed), rebooted - Bug is still active! Installed package is 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.4 Can these please confirm somebody else (might be a problem of that machine)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
As I reported upstream (mozilla-bugs:1005501), the bug is due to xserver-xorg-video-intel, and was fixed somewhere between 2:2.99.910 and 2:2.99.911 (c.f. freedesktop:79165). The bug is therefore already fixed in 14.10, so it should be fixed in 14.04 once the 14.04.2 point release is published (i.e. xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-utopic becomes available on trusty-updates) on 5 February 2015. I don't see a 12.04.6 point release scheduled, however, so if 12.04.5 is affected, upgrading to 14.04.2 may be necessary. Aside from using ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa (dangerous) and xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-utopic on ppa:canonical-x/x-staging (which doesn't look meant for general or even troubleshooting use), I otherwise don't know how to obtain a packaged fix ahead of time for 14.04 or at all for 12.04. Maybe someone at Ubuntu-X can help. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Committed ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #79165 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79165 ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79165 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
It may be possible to obtain the fix for 14.04 using the Intel Graphics Installer 1.0.7, which installs xf86-video-intel 2.99.911. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
Launchpad has imported 8 comments from the remote bug at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79165. If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. On 2014-05-24T04:52:57+00:00 Christopher Chavez wrote: Note: The component may be Lib/Xrender but Driver/intel was chosen due to platform-specific issues. This is the first of two bug reports I am filing, since the symptoms are distinct. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with an Intel 82865G. I and a few other users encountered an issue in Firefox (also using certain Intel IGPs, various distributions) where a recent feature added to Firefox (essentially, an auto-disappearing forward button) causes text in the address bar to become obscured/replaced by rectangles: see link. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005501 While the Firefox team is considering implementing their own workaround, the underlying problem is through Xrender, since the proposed workaround is to disable it in Firefox. I am adding this bug report to document this as an example, given the number of various corruption bugs out there, to see if this can be connected with others, feedback on additional information to collect, and possibly help to get a fix from Xrender. Side note: documentation from Intel says that the video BIOS (aka VBIOS) is sometimes responsible for the corruption of graphics, however for most users the only way this can be updated is by a system BIOS update, which I know in my case is not available. http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-029985.htm I am looking into a if it is possible to apply a VBIOS update e.g. using MEMDISK (from the SYSLINUX project) while in Grub2 (before booting Linux). Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/comments/6 On 2014-05-24T06:30:42+00:00 Chris Wilson wrote: *** Bug 79166 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/comments/7 On 2014-05-24T06:31:26+00:00 Chris Wilson wrote: Most important is your Xorg.0.log so that we identify driver versions and likely known bugs. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/comments/8 On 2014-05-24T07:01:59+00:00 Christopher Chavez wrote: Sure, I will get the Xorg.0.log later today, I know however that a couple other users with this particular issue are using the 852GM/855GM with driverVersion: 1.3 Mesa 10.1.0. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/comments/9 On 2014-05-24T14:35:47+00:00 Götz Christ wrote: Created attachment 99710 Xorg.0.log for i865G Thanks Christopher for opening this report. Chris, I'm one of the Firefox i865G users affected by this bug (xf86-video-intel 2.99.911). I have noticed that when I set UXA (or none) as acceleration method, Firefox renders the text correctly. And (using SNA) when setting gfx.xrender.enabled to false in Firefox, the bug goes away. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/comments/10 On 2014-05-24T15:33:23+00:00 Christopher Chavez wrote: Created attachment 99716 another Xorg.0.log for i865G Comparing with Götz', I am obviously not on the latest, so I will check out the xorg ppa's and see what happens. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/comments/11 On 2014-05-24T16:00:29+00:00 Christopher Chavez wrote: Created attachment 99719 working, new Xorg.0.log I have updated to the ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa on launchpad and the issue is no longer present. This bug can be closed. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/comments/12 On 2014-05-24T18:23:13+00:00 Chris Wilson wrote: This is either bug 77201 or bug 75818. . Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/comments/13 ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel Status: Unknown = Fix Released ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
This workaround works *ONLY* for USERs, not for Guests! So my Internet Café machine which i upgraded to 14.04 (Trusty) is useless cause nobody wants to work with this. The people who use these machine are only guests, and have no account/login. I hope this will fixed for the next Firefox version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
same problem with Gigabyte GMAX N203 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz with forcepae bootflag Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device with lubuntu 14.04 or linuxmint 17 after update to firefox 32.0.3 from base install fixed with setting gfx.xrender.enabled to false -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
Same bug, same hardware scenario (celeron M, integrated Intel graphics, forcepae bootflag), different distro (ubuntu derived Mint17-MATE 32-bit) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
Please note that setting gfx.xrender.enabled to false cannot be a permanent solution. It makes graphic rendering extremely sluggy over network connections, where X client and server are not on the same machine (and that's what X was designed for). We deploy firefox in a client/server setup (Linux Terminal Server Project, LTSP), for 800 users. Their firefox display is extremely slow with xrender disabled. Scrolling down a page is a pain. Currently I need to tell mu users: You can have gray boxes in the address field, or you can have slow scolling. What would you like? Setting gfx.xrender.enabled to false does *not fix* the issue, it just hides it by the cost of losing other features. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
I am on Lubuntu 14.04 with Firefox 29.0 on a Dell Dimension 2400 (Pentium 4) with the same issue. I can confirm that setting gfx.xrender.enabled to false in about:config resolves the issue. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005501#c23; shows a quick work around. ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1005501 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005501 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1314924] Re: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
I have reported this bug also upstreams to Firefox: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005608 ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1005608 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005608 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
