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firefox package

Firefox window initially appears black when launching on Wayland

Bug #1838963 reported by Artyom Pozharov on 2019-08-05

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	firefox (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Details here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/2CjpJGB1wEWU8qJw6

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: firefox 68.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.2.0-8.9-generic 5.2.0
Uname: Linux 5.2.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
BuildID: 20190719083815
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Aug 5 13:24:46 2019
DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:1141
DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190802)
Profiles:
Profile1 (Default) - LastVersion=None/None (Out of date)
Profile0 - LastVersion=68.0.1/20190719083815
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Artyom Pozharov (artyom-pozharov) wrote on 2019-08-05:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
HookError_source_firefox.txt Edit (671 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (310 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2019-08-05:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Paul White (paulw2u) on 2019-08-05

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added: disco

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2019-08-07:

I can reliably observe the problem, on disco and eoan. Tested both the Ubuntu packages from the archive, and the upstream build.

Would you mind filing an upstream bug report at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi#h=dupes%7CFirefox and sharing the link to it here?

Thanks!

summary:	- Firefox on Wayland opens with black screen + Firefox window initially appears black when launching on Wayland
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2019-08-07:

And I am seeing the same issue in a fully up-to-date Fedora 29 VM (defaults to Wayland session). So this isn't an Ubuntu-specific problem.

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Dave Jones (waveform) wrote on 2023-11-15:

I haven't seen this issue for quite a while at this point (a year+ I think?). Is this still occurring for anyone, or can we close this?

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Alan Jenkins (aj504) wrote on 2023-11-15:

It still reproduces in a small number of tries - on a 10 year old Celeron. The packages have been updated recently, and I updated them again before testing.

I recently saw that Firefox are enabling Wayland for their next release. So that should bypass this bug with XWayland:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752398#c24