On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 06:19:33PM -0600, Mike McClain wrote: > On my RPI4b bookworm system as I was browsing, Firefox stopped me > demanding to update and I couldn't continue to use FF until I accepted > its demand and let it update. It did so then restarted FF at which > point it became almost totally unusable the menu bars had come to > black background with very dark grey text. I have tried > 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' hoping restore FF to usability also > 'apt-get reinstall firefox' with no luck. > FF was very difficult to read and it took hours and going back to my > buster install on another PI before I figured out how to get it back > to a usable state. > > When I loaded LibreOffice calc to record stock quotes I found that > calc had, too, inherited the same problem with the top menu bars, as > well as the side bars and bottom status bars are black with nearly > illegible text. > I've not yet gotten calc straightened out. > > If anyone can point me to what in the system Firefox update could have > changed to affect other programs I'd appreciate the help. > > Frankly I'm aghast at the arrogance of the FF group to force an update > on their users and quite peeved that they would do so and screw up my > system as well. > > Merry Christmas everyone, > Mike > -- > Silence & smile are two powerful tools. > Smile is the way to solve many problems > & Silence is the way to avoid many problems. >
out of curiosity...did you upgrade using sudo apt upgrade firefox-esr or apt-get or synaptic. I have never had FF force me to upgrade. Hope you find a fix to your problem. -- Alexander J. Martinez
