Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #292282
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 292282

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In , Bill Brown (macnimble) wrote :

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008110400 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008110400 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.4

While scrolling a page, elements with the css rule overflow:auto or overflow:scroll are rendering with a pronounced flicker. I filed a report through the Firefox/Ubuntu Launchpad system. We uninstalled my Nvidia driver and tried the newest version of the Shiretoko version -- all with the same flickering. An additional test on my laptop using a completely different video driver also had the same results. Running the Epiphany browser in Webkit mode did not display the same flickering. Opera, Konqueror and Midori have no flickering, seemingly isolating this problem to Gecko.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit cyber-sandbox.com or any website with an overflow:auto element.
2. Scroll.
3. See flicker.
Actual Results:
I whined a little, like when my girlfriend wants to spend more time at the mall.

Expected Results:
Shown me the sweet, smooth, screen love I've come to expect from my favorite browser.

Launchpad reference: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292282
Note that this problem existed in FF2 on Ubuntu, but I was kinda ignoring it. It's really the only bug the causes me grief (except for the random right click action -- already reported by someone else).
Also note that Bugzilla was returning errors on every bug I clicked and that there is no Core -> Layout component as indicated in your component definition and A. Sack's email to me, so I'm listing it in General.