Firefox About window still cuts off text

[Hephaestus Malleus]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Summary:
The About window in Firefox v3.0.6 still cuts off the end text. I.e., the 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009020911 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.6' text cannot be fully seen.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Load up Firefox in Ubuntu 8.10.
2. Go to Help -> About Mozilla Firefox
3. In the new window, the bottom text is cut off. (This bug also occurred in FF v3.0.5).

Expected Result:
The About window should show all text.

Actual Result:
The About window is cutting off the end text.

Idea on how to fix:
This bug can be fixed in the next version of Firefox if the About window is made longer vertically.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

[Duane Hinnen (duanedesign)]

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009020911 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009020911 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.6

Summary:
The About window in Firefox v3.0.6 still cuts off the last couple lines of text. I.e., the 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009020911 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.6' text cannot be fully seen.

Idea on how to fix:
This bug can be fixed in the next version of Firefox if the About window is made longer vertically.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Load up Firefox in Ubuntu 8.10.
2.Go to Help -> About Mozilla Firefox
3.In the new window, the bottom text is cut off. (This bug also occurred in FF v3.0.5).
Actual Results:
The About window is cutting off the last couple lines of text.

Expected Results:
The About window should show all text.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

This bug was reported in Launchpad:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/330337

[Duane Hinnen (duanedesign)]

 Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478835

[Matti-mversen (matti-mversen)]

wfm with Firfefox3.0.6 on win32
Can you please attach a screenshot ?

[Davemgarrett (davemgarrett)]

From the launchpad bug:
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22712608/Screenshot-About-Mozilla-Firefox.png

Looks like the "Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0" addition is making things not fit.

[Hskupin (hskupin)]

Yeah. That's the version Ubuntu has been modified. Can you download and run a build which directly comes from Mozilla? You can find it here:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

I believe everything will be fine in this build. Thanks.

[Matti-mversen (matti-mversen)]

Henrik: The question is if they just added a vendor string via user-pref. They are AFAIK not allowed to modify Firefox files (except settings) and that would mean that they can not fix it without modifying the actual code.

[Hskupin (hskupin)]

Ubuntu installs an extension called "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications". It will modify some parts of the ui, like adding additional menu elements or texts. They don't modify the source itself as far as I can see. Means it shouldn't be a problem with the trademark policy. All this will make this bug INVALID.

[Firefoxbug-mailinator (firefoxbug-mailinator)]

Is there a way to forward this bug to Canonical so it will be fixed on Ubuntu machines? Since it looks like the "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications" extension is causing the problem?

[Hskupin (hskupin)]

Someone should report it in Ubuntu's bug database: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/

[Firefoxbug-mailinator (firefoxbug-mailinator)]

I've tried multiple times to report this bug to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ But for some reason when I select the bug in the menu, it will revert back to the bugzilla.mozilla.org (Mozilla) website. Is there another way to report this bug to Canonical?

[Davemgarrett (davemgarrett)]

Jeremy: Please don't post duplicate comments like that. Everyone here gets an email notification for each one; no need to spam us.

If you'll read comment 0 above, this was already filed in their system:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/330337

Update that with the new information. Or if there's some way to file a bug specifically for "Ubuntu Firefox Modifications", do that too.

[Firefoxbug-mailinator (firefoxbug-mailinator)]

Sorry, I accidentally posted twice and I couldn't figure out how to delete a duplicate comment.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Jeremy it has already been reported in Launchpad.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/330337

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Was this fixed in 3.0.7?

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Does anyone still see this with 3.0.7?

[Firefoxbug-mailinator (firefoxbug-mailinator)]

I'm using Firefox v3.0.7 on Ubuntu 8.10 and can confirm that no, it has not been fixed.

[Davemgarrett (davemgarrett)]

Please add new information on their bug report, seeing as it's their bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/330337

[Hephaestus Malleus (hephaestus-malleus)]

I'm using Firefox v3.0.7 on Ubuntu 8.10 and can confirm that the bug still has not been fixed. I have attached a screenshot.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

I changed to to ubufox for a couple of reasons.
1. Mozilla is stating it is Ubuntu's bug.
1.5 we dont touch their help about or links
2 we use ubufox to do the above

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Alexander can you figure out what we should do about this and all the other help>* bugs if you are around next week ill be around for at least a few days just remind me. thanks

[Hephaestus Malleus (hephaestus-malleus)]

I just wanted to confirm that this bug is still persistent in Firefox v3.0.8 on Ubuntu 8.10.