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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314924 Title: Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Labtop: Asus M2400, 512MB RAM, Pentium M "Banias" using "forcepae". OS: Xubuntu 14.04, all updates up to May 1, 2014. Application: Firefox 29, version "29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2" Updated Firefox to Firefox 29 by automatic software update. Restarted firefox, now all the HTTP address entries in the address box are unreadable; it looks like they are masked by a black or grey/black mask. This independent of address and website. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: firefox 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: tschmid 1708 F.... pulseaudio lightdm 5509 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20140428194004 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu May 1 10:24:14 2014 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-19 (11 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2) IpRoute: default via 192.168.254.10 dev eth1 proto static 192.168.254.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.254.100 metric 9 NoProfiles: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_DE PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WifiSyslog: dmi.bios.date: 03/08/2004 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0208 dmi.board.name: M2N dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0208:bd03/08/2004:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnM2N:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnM2N:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: M2N dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1314924/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
