[Bug 1316250] [NEW] firefox adress bar black on pentium processor with integrated graphics

Mon May 5 17:48:18 UTC 2014

Public bug reported:

On an old pentium 4 machine with i386 Upgrade to firefox 29 by sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. Then close any open firefox and restart it. I get a firefox dark gray and black bar in the address bar showing up in all pages. on firefox 29 with the new interface. This makes it impossible to see what website you are currently on in the address bar. 
If I open a new tab the adress bar appears blank and I can then enter the text. I am also unable to copy the current address bar with this black bar which can make sharing links difficult. This bug is not present on my 

Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release:	14.04
firefox:
  Installed: 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  Candidate: 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  Version table:
 *** 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     28.0+build2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
Graphics card information 
[1;34mGraphics: [0;37m [1;34mCard:[0;37m Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller 
[1;34m          [0;37m [1;34mX.Org:[0;37m 1.15.1 [1;34mdrivers:[0;37m intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) [1;34mResolution:[0;37m 1024x768 at 60.0hz 
[1;34m          [0;37m [1;34mGLX Renderer:[0;37m Mesa DRI Intel 865G x86/MMX/SSE2 [1;34mGLX Version:[0;37m 1.3 Mesa 10.1.0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: firefox 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  brendan    1718 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20140428194004
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw'
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Mon May  5 10:19:03 2014
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions:
 English (GB) Language Pack - langpack-en-GB at firefox.mozilla.org
 English (South Africa) Language Pack - langpack-en-ZA at firefox.mozilla.org
 Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-12 (297 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130423.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0  proto static 
 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.15  metric 1
IwConfig:
 lo        no wireless extensions.

 eth0      no wireless extensions.
Plugins:
 Windows Media Player Plug-in - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so (gecko-mediaplayer)
 RealPlayer 9 - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so (gecko-mediaplayer)
 QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.9 - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so (gecko-mediaplayer)
 mplayerplug-in is now gecko-mediaplayer 1.0.8 - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer.so (gecko-mediaplayer)
 DivX Browser Plug-In - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so (gecko-mediaplayer)
PrefSources: prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=29.0/20140428194004 (In use)
RelatedPackageVersions: gecko-mediaplayer 1.0.8-4ubuntu1
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-02-26 (68 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/08/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0TC667
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA02:bd11/08/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension3000:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0TC667:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 3000
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty

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