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Firefox Display Distorted with Mac 10.8.2 and FF 15.0.1

Noskire
Noskire
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I recently updated my OS from S.L to M.L. (10.8.2) and in doing so my firefox 15.0.1 will not allow me to extend the size of my browser window on my 27' iMac much more then a window of about 8"x8" or everything distorts and I can no longer type in any fields or modify any of my tabs. If I shrink my window back down I can then re-establish control of my browser tabs. I have disabled ALL extensions and ad-ons, reset my browser size (cmd+0) and have both "reset" my firefox as well as blown out and re-installed FF multiple times. I can browse just fine using chrome and safari..... ff just will not function as I need it to?

Below is my browser detail report: 

 Application Basics

       Name
       Firefox

       Version
       15.0.1

       User Agent
       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1

       Profile Folder

         Show in Finder

       Enabled Plugins

         about:plugins

       Build Configuration

         about:buildconfig

       Crash Reports

         about:crashes

       Memory Use

         about:memory

 Extensions

       Name

       Version

       Enabled

       ID

       Adobe Contribute Toolbar
       6.0
       false
       {01A8CA0A-4C96-465b-A49B-65C46FAD54F9}

 Important Modified Preferences

     Name

     Value

       browser.cache.disk.capacity
       1048576

       browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run
       false

       browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
       4

       browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
       20120905151427

       browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
       15.0.1

       extensions.lastAppVersion
       15.0.1

       network.cookie.prefsMigrated
       true

       places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
       104858

       privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
       true

 Graphics

       Vendor ID
       0x1002

       Device ID
       0x944a

       WebGL Renderer
       ATI Technologies Inc. -- ATI Radeon HD 4850 OpenGL Engine -- 2.1 ATI-8.0.61

       GPU Accelerated Windows
       1/1 OpenGL

       AzureBackend
       quartz

 JavaScript

       Incremental GC
       0

 Library Versions

       Expected minimum version

       Version in use

       NSPR
       4.9.1
       4.9.1

       NSS
       3.13.6.0 Basic ECC
       3.13.6.0 Basic ECC

       NSS Util
       3.13.6.0
       3.13.6.0

       NSS SSL
       3.13.6.0 Basic ECC
       3.13.6.0 Basic ECC

       NSS S/MIME
       3.13.6.0 Basic ECC
       3.13.6.0 Basic ECC

Chosen solution

by Noskire

Thank you Cor-el! The problem was the Hardware Acceleration! I have disabled and it's functioning fine. I will look for any graphics card updates and if that does not fix problem I will just leave it turned off until further OS and or Firefox updates come out that may help fix the issue!

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.

You can do a check for corrupted and duplicate fonts and other font issues:

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    Product Firefox

Additional System Details

Crash ID

na

Installed Plug-ins

  • Shockwave Flash 11.4 r402
  • The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
  • Version 3.8.1.9672
  • Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator version:0.1.44.21
  • Displays Java applet content, or a placeholder if Java is not installed.
  • Microsoft Office for Mac SharePoint Browser Plug-in
  • Office Live Update v1.0
  • WebEx64 General Plugin Container Version 203
  • 5.1.10411.0
  • 20-20 Technologies - 20-20 3D Viewer v4.5.2.0
  • iPhoto6

Application

  • User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1

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Noskire
Noskire
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Question owner

Here is a screen shot of my FF window. :(

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.

You can do a check for corrupted and duplicate fonts and other font issues:

Noskire
Noskire
Posted

Chosen Solution

Thank you Cor-el! The problem was the Hardware Acceleration! I have disabled and it's functioning fine. I will look for any graphics card updates and if that does not fix problem I will just leave it turned off until further OS and or Firefox updates come out that may help fix the issue!