Question

Attaching image of incorrect render (Windows 7).

I'm not seeing this with a Windows Firefox version that runs under Wine.

Does this still happen in Firefox 18 that has been released today?

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/update-firefox-latest-version

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.

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

cor-el,

Thanks for the feedback.

I checked my version in the "About" window, and it reports as being up to date (18.0 on the "release" channel).

It looks like this problem does not happen in safe mode. However, in normal mode, I have disabled all extensions and plugins, and it still happens. The theme is set to "Default 18.0", with no other themes installed. I'm wondering if there are any other changes I should make, i.e. uninstalling any plugins, etc.

Thanks.

In Firefox Safe mode these changes are effective:

• all extensions are disabled
• the default theme is used (no persona)
• userChrome.css and userContent.css are ignored
• the default toolbar layout is used
• the Javascript JIT compiler is disabled
• hardware acceleration is disabled
• plugins are not affected

cor-el,

Based on your last set of feedback, I have been able to determine that the issue is related to hardware acceleration.

Specifically, disabling "Use hardware acceleration when available" causes the page to reload, and the eliipse is then rendered correctly.

Is there anything else I could do about this problem? Specifically, I would like to provide any further information that would be hlepful in addressing this problem more globally, in the case that others are affected.

Thank you.

If it is caused by hardware acceleration then usually the only cure is to disable this feature.

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

You can try to toggle some Boolean layers and gfx prefs to see if that has effect (open about:config, search for /gfx|layers/ with a regular expression).

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

Can you file a bug in bugzilla and attach your testcase so that we can look into this further please? http://bugzilla.mozilla.org

cor-el,

Thanks again. It looks like this issue is being caused by the default value for the "gfx.content.azure.enabled" setting. This setting defaults to "true", and in this state, the rendering problems is happening.

Toggling it to "false" immediately fixes the rendering issue. However, as it stands, I'm under the impression that there is not an easy way to fix this on the server-side.

I will follow up on Mozilla's bugzilla tracker. Thanks again.

longsonr,

I've created the bugzilla issue here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=830427

See also bug 814952: RESOLVED FIXED - Target Milestone: mozilla20

• bug 814952 - [Azure] Svg ellipse with stroke but no fill is not displayed.

(please do not comment in bug reports: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)

Verified that this is fixed in the 1.9 beta, as stated in the bugzilla ticket.