Firefox shows some or all images as black rectangles [Lucid]
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
Ubuntu release: 10.04
Firefox release: 3.6.3
What I expected to happen: images displayed correctly in web pages
What happened instead: some or all images on some web pages displayed either as (a) a black rectangle, or (b) a black rectangle with a random rectangular area of the original image showing in a random place. In case (b), it is sometimes possible to see the whole image by dragging the visible, cropped part around the screen and then releasing it.
Other information: It may be relevant that my system has an Intel 845G graphics chipset, which is not well supported by Ubuntu. However, no other applications have a problem displaying JPEGs. GIMP, Nautilus, default image viewer are all OK.
Example of a web page showing the problem: http://
Example of a web page NOT showing the problem: http://
Running Firefox in safe mode (firefox -safe-mode) makes no difference.
There are some reports for older versions of Firefox that zooming the window in and out can cause a similar effect. However, this is not the same bug. This bug occurs at a zoom factor of 100%.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 31 16:26:38 2010
FirefoxPackages:
firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly
firefox-
firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly
abroswer N/A
abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
Same problem under Kubuntu 10.04. My graphics card is an ATI Radeon 9000 RV250. This problem started with Lucid and seems to only happen in Firefox.