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Text in an email (using Gmail) or other apps (e.g. NYTimes) is interrupted by patterns of long vertical lines.

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This problem appears to occur randomly on some but not all text. It does not seem to occur on Word documents or when using Adobe Reader. It seems to occur when using apps with Firefox. I have not tried any other browser as yet.

This problem appears to occur randomly on some but not all text. It does not seem to occur on Word documents or when using Adobe Reader. It seems to occur when using apps with Firefox. I have not tried any other browser as yet.

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We are currently aware of this bug. Please see bug 1304360 for more information about the situation.

This issue can currently be solved by disabling hardware acceleration on Firefox.

The developers need your help to solve this issue. If possible, can you please enter about:support in the Firefox address bar. This page contains information about your system and Firefox. Please click the Copy Text To Clipboard button and paste the information into this thread. This will help the developers to discover the cause of the issue and create a potential patch.

Thanks in advance for your assistance with this bug. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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Chosen Solution

We are currently aware of this bug. Please see bug 1304360 for more information about the situation.

This issue can currently be solved by disabling hardware acceleration on Firefox.

The developers need your help to solve this issue. If possible, can you please enter about:support in the Firefox address bar. This page contains information about your system and Firefox. Please click the Copy Text To Clipboard button and paste the information into this thread. This will help the developers to discover the cause of the issue and create a potential patch.

Thanks in advance for your assistance with this bug. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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I hope the information below is what was requested in the email from FredMcD. Thanks for your help. aliceg

Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 49.0.1 Build ID: 20160922113459 Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0 OS: Windows_NT 6.0 Multiprocess Windows: 2/2 (Enabled by default) Safe Mode: false

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Extensions


Name: Multi-process staged rollout Version: 1.3 Enabled: true ID: e10srollout@mozilla.org

Name: Pocket Version: 1.0.4 Enabled: true ID: firefox@getpocket.com

Name: Web Compat Version: 1.0 Enabled: true ID: webcompat@mozilla.org

Name: Firefox Hotfix Version: 20160826.01 Enabled: false ID: firefox-hotfix@mozilla.org

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aliceg said

All Crash Reports (including 1 pending crash in the given time range)

Some of your crash reports weren’t sent to the Mozilla Servers.

In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP in front of the numbers/letters, click it to submit them.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most resent 7 - 10 crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box below and paste them in.

(Please don't take a screenshot of your crashes, just copy and paste the IDs. The below image is just an example of what your Firefox screen should look like.)

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FredMcD asked me to do the following :

Some of your crash reports weren’t sent to the Mozilla Servers.

In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP in front of the numbers/letters, click it to submit them.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most resent 7 - 10 crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box below and paste them in.


I pasted the info into the reply box of Fred's email and sent it, but it was rejected by the mail server. So I am pasting the list of 10 most recent reports here. I hope this is OK. Please let me know if I should do this another way.

bp-f2f0e474-005f-4e81-85d3-5a43e2161013

   10/13/2016    3:07 PM

bp-718321be-5336-417f-b792-20eb12161013

   10/13/2016    3:07 PM

bp-1484646f-e50f-40cd-a72f-ab13c2161013

   10/13/2016    3:06 PM

bp-d3aa97ef-790f-48f4-b6bc-c85332161013

   10/13/2016    3:06 PM

bp-3a0bcaa2-82e4-4fd8-b182-928482161013

   10/13/2016    3:05 PM

bp-65c7d9bd-7ea1-4d11-a719-c49972161013

   10/13/2016    3:05 PM

bp-c751f13d-fcab-4192-b10e-c5cd02161013

   10/13/2016    3:05 PM

bp-4f5ecadb-200b-492e-a563-f23802161013

   10/13/2016    3:04 PM

bp-11715fe8-baf1-426d-b3c5-c3b2b2161013

   10/13/2016    3:02 PM

bp-f4b07697-8315-4256-9807-1f68f2161013


bp-f2f0e474-005f-4e81-85d3-5a43e2161013

   10/13/2016    3:07 PM

bp-718321be-5336-417f-b792-20eb12161013

   10/13/2016    3:07 PM

bp-1484646f-e50f-40cd-a72f-ab13c2161013

   10/13/2016    3:06 PM

bp-d3aa97ef-790f-48f4-b6bc-c85332161013

   10/13/2016    3:06 PM

bp-3a0bcaa2-82e4-4fd8-b182-928482161013

   10/13/2016    3:05 PM

bp-65c7d9bd-7ea1-4d11-a719-c49972161013

   10/13/2016    3:05 PM

bp-c751f13d-fcab-4192-b10e-c5cd02161013

   10/13/2016    3:05 PM

bp-4f5ecadb-200b-492e-a563-f23802161013

   10/13/2016    3:04 PM

bp-11715fe8-baf1-426d-b3c5-c3b2b2161013

   10/13/2016    3:02 PM

bp-f4b07697-8315-4256-9807-1f68f2161013

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This forum post is where you should send the message. Thank you.

Product Firefox Release Channel release Version 43.0.2 Build ID 20151221130713 OS Windows Vista

bp-f2f0e474-005f-4e81-85d3-5a43e2161013 Date Processed 2016-10-13

Signature: F1398665248_

Process Type plugin Shockwave Flash Version: 20.0.0.235

Attention Sumo's there are 20 related bug reports ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ bp-718321be-5336-417f-b792-20eb12161013 bp-1484646f-e50f-40cd-a72f-ab13c2161013 bp-d3aa97ef-790f-48f4-b6bc-c85332161013 bp-3a0bcaa2-82e4-4fd8-b182-928482161013 bp-65c7d9bd-7ea1-4d11-a719-c49972161013

Unable to access reports


See if there are updates for your graphics drivers https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

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The crash report shows you are using Version 43.0.2 Is this correct? Why such an old version?