Bug#557009: iceweasel has rendering errors, while 'vanilla' Firefox does not

[Michael Maurer]

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Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 12:27:04PM +0100, Michael Maurer wrote:
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>> >> Mike Hommey wrote:
>>> >>> Hi,
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>>> >>> Sorry for the late answer.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 08:03:09AM +0100, Michael Maurer wrote:
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>>>> >>>> Mike Hommey wrote:
>>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 09:10:26PM +0100, Michael Maurer wrote:
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>>>>>> >>>>>> Mike Hommey wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 08:06:59PM +0100, Michael Maurer wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No changing the layout.css.dpi from "0" to "-1" had no effect, as far as I can tell.
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> By the way my screen resolution is 1024x768.
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I also tried changing my User-String using User-Agent Switcher to the User-String of 'vanilla' firefox (after I tested the site in safe-mode),
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>  the site showed the very same behavior though.
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you want me to try anything else, just let me know.
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> There are three things I would advise to try:
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Try with a new user profile
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Try copying the firefox preferences from the defaults/preferences
>>>>>>> >>>>>>>   directory to /usr/lib/iceweasel/defaults/preferences
>>>>>>> >>>>>>>   (there shouldn't be much differences, though)
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Try iceweasel -safe-mode, in case you have some extensions installed
>>>>>>> >>>>>>>   as debian packages.
>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>> >>>>>> Sorry, that it took so long for me to answer.
>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>> As you suggested, I created a new user, copied the firefox/defaults/pref to  /usr/lib/iceweasel/defaults/preferences and used 'iceweasel -safe-mode',
>>>>>> >>>>>> still no change.
>>>>> >>>>> Also try copying firefox's greprefs to /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/greprefs.
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Mike
>>>> >>>> Tried copying the 'greprefs' folder, didn't change anything either.
>>> >>> Did you try setting layout.css.dpi to some value such as 96 in both ?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Cheers,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Mike
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>  I also tried now to set layout.css.dpi to 96 in both iceweasel and firefox (using safe-mode in both) but the behavior is still the very same.
> >
> > That really doesn't make sense. There is no change in iceweasel that
> > could explain such layout difference. Unfortunately, the web page
> > doesn't repond, now...
> >
> > Mike


Hi,

I just did a fresh install on my system and the problem vanished. To satisfy my curiosity I tried debian testing and debian unstable on lxde and xfce, but the problem was gone for good.
It either has to be a problem with sidux as opposed to 'vanilla' debian unstable (though as far as I can tell the iceweasel.deb-file comes directly from the debian repositories), or it has to be
some weird problem with updating as opposed to a clean install.
Since the bug is gone for me. And no one else seems to observe it, I think the bug should be closed.
Sorry for pretty much wasting your time. Thanks for your help anyway

Cheers,

Michael
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