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Strange problem with Firefox

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mattm3 replied 15 years ago
mattm3
mattm3

Hi,

I'm having a really annoying problem with Firefox and I'm not sure what it is. I have uninstalled Firefox and Re-Installed it. Still no luck.

Here is the problem I'm having, the browser changes a strange colour for some reason.

Example 1 Example 2

Anyone have any idea why it is doing this?

Hi, I'm having a really annoying problem with Firefox and I'm not sure what it is. I have uninstalled Firefox and Re-Installed it. Still no luck. Here is the problem I'm having, the browser changes a strange colour for some reason. [http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/833/firefox1b.jpg/ Example 1] [http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/14/firefox2v.jpg/ Example 2] Anyone have any idea why it is doing this?

Modified by mattm3

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cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator

This can be caused by a problem with the color profile for your display monitor or color profiles embedded in images.
You can disable color management to test that.
You can set the pref gfx.color_management.mode to 0 on the about:config page to disable Color Management.
You need to close and restart Firefox to make the change effective.

See:

To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

  • Use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a preference more easily.
  • Preferences that have been modified show as bold(user set).
  • Preferences can be reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.
mattm3
mattm3 Question owner

Hi cor-el,

I just done that and the problem is still happening. Have you got any other ideas?

Thanks

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator

Try to disable hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"

If disabling hardware acceleration works then check if there is an update available for your graphics display driver.

mattm3
mattm3 Question owner

Thank you when I turn it off it solves the problem, I also had an update for my graphics card. It still does it when I turn it back on though? Is this an important feature?

It never used to do this when I had Windows XP installed on this machine.

Thanks