Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:32:47 GMT From: Kevin Dorne <sweetpea-freebsd@tentacle.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/126265: Firefox 3 has problem displaying some background images Message-ID: <200808051032.m75AWlw9023305@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200808051040.m75Ae1Br050712@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 126265 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Firefox 3 has problem displaying some background images >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 05 10:40:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kevin Dorne >Release: 7.0-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD piccolo.xxxxxx.xxx 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: When displaying web pages with particular background images, the browser window ends up being overlaid with other parts of the screen. It happens with or without extensions installed, with a freshly created profile. An example of a very simple page with repeating background is here: http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2972/brokenbrowseryb1.png This problem appeared in Firefox 3; it was not present in Firefox 2. I am using the radeon driver, board name M10 NT [FireGL Mobility T2]. >How-To-Repeat: It's possible to create a very simple HTML document, containing a background image. If the image is small enough to tile, then the problem will show up -- but, it only happens with certain images. I have found an image that causes this problem; it can be found here: http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3184/xxak3.jpg I originally thought it happened with any 8-bit JPEG, but when I created one, I couldn't reproduce the problem. >Fix: No fix, but a workaround is to install the Web Developer toolbar, and select Images->Hide Background Images. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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