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#1 2013-01-20 12:20:55

myrlin
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Registered: 2010-06-11
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Firefox 18 - Graphics Glitch on Startup

I have updated Firefox on 3 different machines, all with different graphics processors, but get the same glitch on every one. It appears for a few seconds as Firefox starts up, and consists of a window in the top lefhand corner of the screen showing the desktop background.

Here is a screen shot :
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Has anyone else seen this, and can anyone suggest a fix?

Thanks in advance.

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#2 2013-01-20 12:48:01

drcouzelis
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Re: Firefox 18 - Graphics Glitch on Startup

Yes, I noticed it. It seems to have appeared in Firefox 18.

I never would have considered it something that I needed to fix. hmm

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#3 2013-01-20 12:56:09

myrlin
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Re: Firefox 18 - Graphics Glitch on Startup

I know it's only cosmetic (and for a few seconds) so I tend to agree.

I just wondered whether it was an indicator of something else, or a wrong setting peculiar to my systems.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest!

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#4 2013-01-20 13:35:09

Radioactiveman
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From: Germany
Registered: 2010-05-13
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Re: Firefox 18 - Graphics Glitch on Startup

Are you using cairo 1.12.10 from testing?
I have encountered glitches with this version within Midori.

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#5 2013-01-20 14:16:56

myrlin
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Re: Firefox 18 - Graphics Glitch on Startup

No - just the regular cairo 1.12.8-2 from extra. My DM is Openbox (with fbpanel)

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#6 2013-01-20 15:50:03

berbae
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Registered: 2007-02-12
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Re: Firefox 18 - Graphics Glitch on Startup

This is the dock area of openbox, nothing to be worried about.
It is always set, but is used only when there is a dock app running, it shows off briefly sometimes.

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#7 2013-01-20 16:42:40

sano
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Re: Firefox 18 - Graphics Glitch on Startup

^ I don't think it is related to openbox, I have the same issue with awesome-wm. But anyway, as was said before, it seems to be purely cosmetic and nothing to worry about...

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#8 2013-01-21 06:48:38

the sad clown
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Re: Firefox 18 - Graphics Glitch on Startup

It appears for me as well (dwm + intel i915).  It is only there for a split second though, not for seconds as the op said.  It was sufficiently brief that I didn't give it a second thought.

Last edited by the sad clown (2013-01-21 06:49:03)


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