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#1 2010-05-10 01:40:06

icosahedron
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Registered: 2010-05-09
Posts: 2

Firefox and Thunderbird open but won't display properly after update

I know that I'm supposed to check all the updates carefully, and do it frequently, but the other day I realized that I'd forgotten and there were about 150 new packages and I let them install without looking much. Not that I can find anything about anyone else having this problem.

What happens:
Both programs open without any errors. The title bars look normal, and the rough shape of the toolbars is there, but instead of recognizable words or shapes, there are black and white and sometimes grey, blue, or orange dots and bars. I'll try to get a screenshot soon.

Information about my computer:
ThinkPad T42, about six years old, can provide more info if needed
window manager is Openbox

Things which I have tried:
updating system again
restarting
removing firefox and installing it again
looking on archlinux.org for a package which is required by both firefox and thunderbird and was recently updated, finding glib2, downgrading it (didn't work and pacman said it broke some other updated things so I put it back)

edit in case anyone finds this in search
An update fixed it. I don't know how or why.

Last edited by icosahedron (2010-09-03 23:39:54)

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