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
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Title:
Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text
Status in X.org xf86-video-intel:
Unknown
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committed
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.
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