Firefox can't see web pages with black background

[clarezoe]

Hi, I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS with the firefox 3 Beta 5.
I have a very weird problem with browsing the webpages that have black or dark color background.

For example, the page http://mycroft.mozdev.org/deepdocs/quickstart.html
And the picture in the attachment is what I saw in my browser.

Anyone have the problem? Google seems not have any good solution of my problem.

Thanks!

[bingoUV]

I hate to break it to you but the page does not have a dark background. You can try the follwing : 1. Run firefox in safe mode

 firefox -safe-mode

This will disable extensions and themes so you will know if it is a problem with some of your extensions or not. 2. Download firefox from mozilla's server directly and run it. If it gives the same behaviour, either file a bug or post the debugging information here so that someone on this forum can file a bug.

[clarezoe]

thanks bingoUV, now I used the save mode and disabled all the extensions, it acts still the same. Then but firefox 2 works fine and then I removed firefox 3 and downloaded firefox 3 beta5 from mozilla's server directly as you said, and it works fine too. Do you think I can confirm that it's a bug of firefox 3 beta 5 in ubuntu distribution? Or do you need more information from me to track the problem?

That page IS black in the browser, and there're some other pages behave the same before.

[clarezoe]

Now I'm using the firefox downloaded directly from the Mozilla, it's fine.
But another thing I have to say is that, it also happens in my Liferea (version 1.4.14), it behaves the same in the feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/googlechinablog/hESp

I have no clue why this happens.

Thanks in advance.

[bingoUV]

It should be enough to file a bug on Ubuntu. Mozilla's build of firefox is fine so no need to file a bug on mozilla. The URL and screenshots of safe mode should be enough to get the developers working. In my browser, both opera and firefox 3 beta 5, I do not see any black background. Locale problem? See the attached image.

[clarezoe]

I've posted a bug, hope it will be solved soon.
Thanks bingoUV, I don't know if the locale can make any effect of that.

[clarezoe]

just updated firefox to the latest version, still the same, so disappointed.

[max63]

I've the same probleme...

[clarezoe]

I've the same probleme...

mas63, I've filed a bug here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s....0/+bug/222757, could you go and confirm it?

[pencilcheck]

I had that problem too bump!!
I also post a thread here in ubuntuforums but no one knows the solution to that.

But strangely, I don't have that synptom on that page. but other pages...