FireFox v19 I keep getting text glitches as if clear-type glitches off then comes back if i tab out and back in... Driving me CRAZY how do i fix this?
I am running FireFox v19.0.2 and I keep having text on pages get a messed up as if clear-type was suddenly turned off... tab out and back in and its fixed... but it comes back and happens often. This only happens in FireFox. I am running Win7 64bit and this is a new issue. How do I fix it? Its driving me nuts....
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by WaRPeDReaLiTYI will try that thanks. I will post an update later if it does or does not work
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Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.
- Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Try to set the gfx.content.azure.enabled pref to false or if this didn't help disable Direct2D by setting the gfx.direct2d.disabled pref to true on the about:config page and leave hardware acceleration otherwise enabled.
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- NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
- Shockwave Flash 11.6 r602
- Facebook Desktop Plugin
- Google Update
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- VLC media player Web Plugin 2.0.2
- Winamp Application Detector
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- NPWLPG
Application
- Firefox 19.0.2
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0
- Support URL: http://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/19.0.2/WINNT/en-US/
Extensions
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- Troubleshooter 1.0a
Javascript
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Graphics
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- adapterDrivers2:
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- adapterRAM2:
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- adapterVendorID2:
- clearTypeParameters: DISPLAY1 [ Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: RGB ClearType Level: 100 Enhanced Contrast: 100 ] DISPLAY2 [ Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: BGR ClearType Level: 100 Enhanced Contrast: 100 ]
- direct2DEnabled: True
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- isGPU2Active: False
- numAcceleratedWindows: 1
- numTotalWindows: 1
- webglRenderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series)
- windowLayerManagerType: Direct3D 10
Modified Preferences
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- browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: False
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: False
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
- browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4
- browser.search.useDBForOrder: True
- browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20130307023931
- browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 19.0.2
- browser.tabs.warnOnClose: False
- dom.mozApps.used: True
- extensions.lastAppVersion: 19.0.2
- font.internaluseonly.changed: False
- gfx.direct3d.prefer_10_1: True
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- places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858
- plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf
- privacy.cpd.cookies: False
- privacy.cpd.offlineApps: True
- privacy.cpd.sessions: False
- privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: True
- security.warn_viewing_mixed: False
Misc
- User JS: No
- Accessibility: No
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Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.
- Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Try to set the gfx.content.azure.enabled pref to false or if this didn't help disable Direct2D by setting the gfx.direct2d.disabled pref to true on the about:config page and leave hardware acceleration otherwise enabled.
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I will try that thanks. I will post an update later if it does or does not work