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benpont
May 4th, 2014, 08:11 AM
I just did a fresh install of Lubuntu 14.04 and everything works fine except for this problem (see screen cap):

http://i.imgur.com/wS7SG4u.png

I've deleted my profile, tried different themes, disabled extensions, started in safe mode, reinstalled firefox, went to google and IRC for help, etc. Nothing is working. Hoping someone can help here. I can't be the only one who has encountered this issue.
Otto-C
May 4th, 2014, 01:19 PM
Your not. Same issue with Xubuntu.
benpont
May 4th, 2014, 04:23 PM
Um...so any advice/suggestions? Is there another thread where this issue is discussed?
benpont
May 4th, 2014, 04:49 PM
Your not. Same issue with Xubuntu.

What if I downgraded to Lubuntu 12.04? Would it matter?
mörgæs
May 4th, 2014, 04:58 PM
It would be a bad idea, as Lubuntu 12.04 is no longer supported.
I suggest using another browser for some days waiting for a fix to arrive.
benpont
May 4th, 2014, 05:13 PM
It would be a bad idea, as Lubuntu 12.04 is no longer supported.
I suggest using another browser for some days waiting for a fix to arrive.

So this is a known issue and a bug report has been filed?
kalehrl
May 4th, 2014, 06:52 PM
Same here:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/2014-April/007391.html
mörgæs
May 5th, 2014, 09:58 AM
So this is a known issue and a bug report has been filed?

I don't know, you tell me:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox

What I meant was that it is a very obvious error. It's likely that a developer is aware of it, at least if it was me I would wait for the next release before taking action.
benpont
May 5th, 2014, 05:14 PM
I don't know, you tell me:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox


It's not a firefox bug. The address bar renders perfectly in other distros. The bug is likely with lxde.
vasa1
May 5th, 2014, 05:46 PM
It's not a firefox bug. The address bar renders perfectly in other distros. The bug is likely with lxde.
I don't know about that. I use Firefox on Lubuntu 14.04 and don't have the problem.
kalehrl
May 5th, 2014, 08:59 PM
I'm willing to file a bug report but I'm not sure against what package?
kalehrl
May 5th, 2014, 10:42 PM
The bug has already been reported here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1316250
Handssolow
May 6th, 2014, 04:57 PM
Here too, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a single core Toshiba Satallite laptop after I updated to Firefox 29.0 today.
Sometimes if I refresh the screen the grey/black or black bar goes and I see the web address.
kalehrl
May 6th, 2014, 08:45 PM
That graphics do you have in your laptop?
Handssolow
May 6th, 2014, 10:07 PM
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite M35X-S114 with intel i855 chipset where I have this problem.
On two desktops with Ubuntu 12.04, Firefox 29.0 seems to run normally.
vasa1
May 9th, 2014, 03:09 AM
It's not a firefox bug. The address bar renders perfectly in other distros. The bug is likely with lxde.
Now reports of the same issue (I think) are appearing in the Xubuntu users mailing list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-users/2014-May/006916.html
vasa1
May 9th, 2014, 03:20 AM
While the Xubuntu mailing list suggests one workaround, the topic is in Mozilla's bugzilla as well and this setting seems to fix the issue for some: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005501#c23
Handssolow
May 9th, 2014, 06:55 PM
Yes, this bug fix worked on my Toshiba Laptop with its Intel i855 chipset graphics.
crisrcraft
June 7th, 2014, 06:09 PM
FYI, I'm also getting the same exact problem with Firefox, I rely mostly on Chrome now. Looks like my problems began about the same time as you (in May), I'm on Xubuntu.
crisrcraft
June 7th, 2014, 06:22 PM
This will fix it, go to Firefox, enter the below in the url, search for gfx.xrender.enabled and set it to FALSE. Restart Firefox, problem solved.

about:config
gfx.xrender.enabled;false

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005501#c24