Weird line while typing text in Firefox 3.0.3 in Mandriva 2008.1
 

When I type into firefox I get a line going just above the text--very distracting. This occurs in any text box into which I type, including the location bars. I went back to firefox 2.0.0.17 and it is not an issue.

Charles

Have you reported this as a bug?

Same Problem
 

I've had the same problem for months now. I mentioned it one another board and no one else seemed to see it or at least they didn't bother replying. I've tried the Mandriva RPM and I've also tried downloading the regular install (which can update itself) and they both exhibit the same glitch. Firefox 2.x showed no such glitch here. I only have this problem in Mandriva.

I just installed OpenSUSE 11.0 on another partition to try it out and it shows no such issue (although I had all different problems there like total instability until I could get the Nvidia drivers installed, which it didn't do by default and Mandriva did). It's a shame since Mandriva's fonts in general look SO much nicer than OpenSuse and Ubuntu. In fact, I've had less issues setting up and maintaining Mandriva than either one. I'm STILL trying to find the right Gstreamer plugins for Suse to let me listen to my Windows iTunes AAC (MP4, non DRM) library. I had far less trouble locating the needed files/repositories for Mandriva. On the other hand, this glitch along with Fluxbox (and Blackbox) not working at all in Mandriva are irritations and I've found no solutions so far.

I wonder if common hardware could be related to the problem. I've got an AMD 64 CPU (5600+) and an AGP Nvidia 7900GS graphics card. I also wonder if there's some font setting in Mandriva somewhere that could be related, but I've had no problems in Konqueror or as I've said, Firefox 2.x.

I just find it amazing that this problem isn't more widely reported in Mandriva installs, so I have to assume it doesn't happen to everyone because man is it annoying entering text and having weird lines appear above or over the text as you type (text further up looks OK as I type this, just the past dozen lines or so in two spots have the lines noticeable plus on the sides. If I move the cursor back over text, it really gets corrupted.

You should try to run this from a terminal console, and see if any errors occur. Post any errors you come across, and we will try to help you.

I tried running from a console and it gave no errors. Meanwhile, OpenSUSE just randomly freezes for no discernible reason (nothing obvious in HTOP or logs) so it looks like I'll have to deal with the line issue for now or use Windows and/or my Mac.

I didn't get any errors from the console either.

Very strange, I have firefox up to date running on several systems, from XP and Vista to Ubuntu and Fedora. Admittedly, I don't have Mandriva. Just out of curiousity, what addons and plugins are you running in firefox?

Ok, here's an idea: Go into

Click on Advanced button on the right. Then check that the settings are the same as this:

Then let us know how you're getting on!

You might want to look at this post and others similar:

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view...parentId=58085

I already tried changing the fonts in Firefox. I also tried changing the fonts in KDE as well. It doesn't make any difference. I also have ONLY seen this line problem with Firefox3 in Mandriva. It does not do it in SUSE or Fedora (which I just tried the Live USB stick for) or on my Mac or in XP.

I use the same plugins on all systems (Adblock Plus, Forecast Bar Enhanced, Fission, FireFTP, ChatZilla, Distrust, Download Status Bar and Tab Mix Plus.

Ok, can you run firefox in safe mode, without extensions or plugins, and see if that helps? If it does, you can rule mozilla code out.

After that, you can disable all extensions / plugins, and re-enable them one at a time to test them.

Safe mode produces same results
 

Using

//apps/firefox/firefox -P test -safe-mode

I still get the same results: A blue line usually above the line I am working on, and a blue line around the box I am typing in. Interesting, if I move the mouse, the line will go away until I begin typing again. This is the only application that does this (firefox 2x behaves normally). I am also noticing that selecting text with the mouse will also create a line.

Ok. Are you running Firefox from a network share? Thats what:

this looks like to me? That could be the root of your problem?

I tried firefox3 -p -test -safe-mode and it said it couldn't run in pure mode. I then tried it without the -p and ti started up in safe mode. It didn't matter. The line problem was still there even with all add-ons, etc. disabled. I get exactly the same behaviors that Charles G is reporting (mouse movement over the text box makes it go away temporarily, etc.)

I see the same annoying behaviour, Firefox 3.0.1 on Mandriva 2008.1 Free.
I have KDE 3.x, Compiz Fusion is enabled.
Extensions in Firefox are in no particular order:
Adblock Plus, NoScript, FireFTP, FoxyProxy, Download Statusbar, PDF Download, Session Manager, VMware Remote Console Plug-in.
Did not see this behaviour with the same setup, in Firefox 2.0.x