1176506 - [e10s] Full black screen on any website

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Graphics, defect)

Description

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:41.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/41.0
Build ID: 20150620030209

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open Nightly on a fresh profile
2. Visit any website, (any site from new tab tiles or other sites)


Actual results:

The whole screen turns black. 
But any of the black screen looks fine on non e10s tabs.

There is a strange behavior of  twitter.com, this site shows its images only, no texts.

See the links added in the comment


Expected results:

Any website was supposed to be shown properly without any (full) black screen

Comment 1

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

Here are the screenshots:

Black Screen on any site: http://prntscr.com/7j9n2y
The same site looks good on a non e10s window: http://prntscr.com/7j9nro

Twitter.com has a strange behavior on e10s enabled tabs (no texts): http://prntscr.com/7j9pv4

Comment 2

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

Attachment: BlackScreenAnySite.png

Comment 3

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

Attachment: LooksGood_in_Non-e10s.png

Comment 4

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

Attachment: TwitterWithOutTexts.png

Comment 5

[Loic]

Could you test in safe mode, please.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode

In addition, try with HWA disabled:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/forum-response-disable-hardware-acceleration

Comment 6

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

(In reply to Loic from comment #5)
> Could you test in safe mode, please.
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-
> mode
> 
> In addition, try with HWA disabled:
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/forum-response-disable-hardware-
> acceleration

Yes Loic, 
I tried running in safe mode before reporting and now I have disabled Hardware Acceleration now,
but its all the same , black screen , any site, only on e10s enabled widnows.

Comment 7

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

Same problem happening on Developer edition too, while e10s is enabled

User Agent:	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.0
Build ID:	20150620004006

Comment 8

[tesetings]

I have this same problem too while running the x86 version using GeForce 6150 se and and processor while on 1 gb of ram(very old hardware that I don't currently have anymore so I don't remember the specifications). I have tried disabling hardware acceleration and running in safe mode. I will try e 10 with other old computers later.

Comment 9

[olly]

I'm seeing this on Nightly, too. Safe mode doesn't fix it. 

There's a thread about this on Mozillazine too: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2942405

> I'm having the same issue, began with Friday's nightly (still exists through Sunday's build).
> 
> Tried new profile, safe mode, et al -- did regression, appeared with the following hourly:
> 
> Build ID 20150618061345
> Built from https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/efe86609e776
> 
> The following (among others) appears in the error console:
> 
> Error: operation not possible on dead CPOW
> Source File: chrome://browser/content/tabbrowser.xml
> Line: 542
> 
> Issue goes away if E10S disabled.
> 
> Windows 7 but on an older laptop that doesn't have a real current GPU (ATI FireGL v5200).

Comment 10

[Mike Habicher [:mikeh] (high bugzilla latency)]

I can confirm this issue running Firefox DevEd 40.0a2.

STR:
0. environment: Win7-x64 inside VMware Workstation 10.0.5 build-2443746
1. upgrade to DevEd 40.0a2
2. open any page

Expected: page loads property.

Observed: black page.

- disabling all add-ons made no difference.
- disabling e10s fixed the problem.

Comment 11

[u542118]

There is a very similar bug report at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1066226

Are they duplicates ?

I experience the same behaviour since three nightly updates. I am running Firefox Developer Edition 40.0a2 (2015-06-22) presently on a Windows 7 professional 64 bit computer.

While browser.tabs.remote.autostart;true and browser.tabs.remote.desktopbehavior;true I have this abnormal behaviour, When both are false, everything is back to normal.

What information can I supply to help fix the issue ?

Comment 12

[Emanuel Hoogeveen [:ehoogeveen]]

Since this is a recent regression, no. But who knows, the causes may be related.

Comment 13

[Emanuel Hoogeveen [:ehoogeveen]]

mozregression isn't working on my VM (no pages load?!), so I had to do this manually.

Last Good:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/4b670aeb3be8

First Bad:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/41a555505600

Regression Range:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/pushloghtml?fromchange=4b670aeb3be8&tochange=41a555505600

Caused by bug 1175366.

Comment 14

[Emanuel Hoogeveen [:ehoogeveen]]

Matt, I see this using my Windows 7 x64 VirtualBox VM using a fresh profile. The problems go away if I disable e10s.

Comment 15

[Emanuel Hoogeveen [:ehoogeveen]]

Oh, probably worth mentioning that I have the VirtualBox Guest Additions installed with the full hardware acceleration option (the one it warns against). Host card is a GeForce GTX 580. I can't test the other options because they lead to a black screen on startup (perhaps the full option doesn't uninstall cleanly, I dunno).

Comment 16

[Milan Sreckovic [:milan] (needinfo for best results)]

Can we have the about:support graphics from everybody that is having this fail?  Is the original report also on a VM?

Comment 17

[Milan Sreckovic [:milan] (needinfo for best results)]

Brad, we don't know what this is yet, but it could be non-graphics, so heads up - can you also have somebody try and chase this?

Comment 18

[u542118]

Graphics
Adapter Description	Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
Adapter Drivers	igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32
Adapter RAM	Unknown
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom	none
Device ID	0x0126
Direct2D Enabled	Blocked for your graphics driver version.
DirectWrite Enabled	false (6.2.9200.17292)
Driver Date	12-22-2011
Driver Version	8.862.4.4000
GPU #2 Active	false
GPU Accelerated Windows	1/1 Direct3D 11 WARP (OMTC)
Subsys ID	00000000
Supports Hardware H264 Decoding	false
Vendor ID	0x8086
WebGL Renderer	Blocked for your graphics driver version.
windowLayerManagerRemote	true
AzureCanvasBackend	skia
AzureContentBackend	cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend	cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated	0

Comment 19

[u542118]

My Notebook,  a Sony Vaio VPCSB, comes with two graphics adapters. One (Intel) for stamina, the other (AMD) for speed.

When switching to speed, the problem is gone. Also please note, that I am _not_ running Firefox in a VM.

Below is the about:support:graphics for the speed mode.

Graphics
Adapter Description	AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6630M
Adapter Description (GPU #2)	Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
Adapter Drivers	aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
Adapter Drivers (GPU #2)	igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32
Adapter RAM	1024
Adapter RAM (GPU #2)	Unknown
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom	none
Device ID	0x6741
Device ID (GPU #2)	0x0126
Direct2D Enabled	true
DirectWrite Enabled	true (6.2.9200.17292)
Driver Date	12-22-2011
Driver Date (GPU #2)	12-22-2011
Driver Version	8.862.4.4000
Driver Version (GPU #2)	8.862.4.4000
GPU #2 Active	false
GPU Accelerated Windows	1/1 Direct3D 11 (OMTC)
Subsys ID	00000000
Subsys ID (GPU #2)	00000000
Supports Hardware H264 Decoding	true
Vendor ID	0x1002
Vendor ID (GPU #2)	0x8086
WebGL Renderer	Google Inc. -- ANGLE (AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6630M Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0)
windowLayerManagerRemote	true
AzureCanvasBackend	direct2d 1.1
AzureContentBackend	direct2d 1.1
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend	cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated	0

Comment 20

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

(In reply to Milan Sreckovic [:milan] from comment #16)
> Can we have the about:support graphics from everybody that is having this
> fail?  Is the original report also on a VM?


Adapter Description	        Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset
Adapter Drivers	                igdumdx32 igd10umd32
Adapter RAM	                Unknown
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom	        none
Device ID	                0x2e32
DirectWrite Enabled	        false (6.2.9200.17292)
Driver Date	                10-4-2012
Driver Version	                8.15.10.2869
GPU #2 Active	                false
GPU Accelerated Windows	        0/2 Basic (OMTC)
Subsys ID	                00000000
Supports Hardware H264 Decoding	false
Vendor ID	                0x8086
WebGL Renderer	                Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0)
windowLayerManagerRemote	true
AzureCanvasBackend	        skia
AzureContentBackend	        cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend	cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated	        0

Comment 21

[olly]

I am running Firefox on Windows Server 2008 R2 in a VM - VirtualBox 4.3.28. Guest additions are installed, with basic 3D acceleration support (not the WDDM support).

Here's my about:support graphics: 

Adapter Description		VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
Adapter Drivers			VBoxDisp
Adapter RAM			Unknown
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom		none
Device ID			0xbeef
Direct2D Enabled		Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.
DirectWrite Enabled		false (6.2.9200.17292)
Driver Date			5-13-2015
Driver Version			4.3.28.0
GPU #2 Active			false
GPU Accelerated Windows		1/1 Direct3D 11 WARP (OMTC)
Subsys ID			00000000
Supports Hardware H264 Decoding	false
Vendor ID			0x80ee
WebGL Renderer			Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.
windowLayerManagerRemote	true
AzureCanvasBackend		skia
AzureContentBackend		cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend	cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated		0

I seem to have Direct3D acceleration despite the driver being blocked?

Comment 22

[Milan Sreckovic [:milan] (needinfo for best results)]

Thanks all for about:support!

Comment 23

[Steve Lyon]

Here's mine. Windows 7 SP1 x64 not a VM.
about:support graphics --


Adapter Description: ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200
Adapter Drivers: atiumdag atiumdva atiumd64 atiumd6a atitmm64
Adapter RAM: Unknown
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none
ClearType Parameters: Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: R ClearType Level: 100 Enhanced Contrast: 300
Device ID: 0x71c4
Direct2D Enabled: Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 9.6 or newer.
DirectWrite Enabled: false (6.2.9200.17292)
Driver Date: 12-1-2008
Driver Version: 8.561.0.0
GPU #2 Active: false
GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 11 WARP (OMTC)
Subsys ID: 202b17aa
Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: false
Vendor ID: 0x1002
WebGL Renderer: Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 9.6 or newer.
windowLayerManagerRemote: true
AzureCanvasBackend: skia
AzureContentBackend: cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

Comment 24

[Mike Habicher [:mikeh] (high bugzilla latency)]

(In reply to Milan Sreckovic [:milan] from comment #16)
> Can we have the about:support graphics from everybody that is having this
> fail?  Is the original report also on a VM?

As requested. Additional data point: my Win7-x64 VMware session doesn't appear to be running Aero. My title bars are opaque.

Adapter Description	VMware SVGA 3D
Adapter Drivers	vm3dum64 vm3dum vm3dgl64 vm3dgl
Adapter RAM	128
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom	none
Device ID	0x0405
Direct2D Enabled	Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.
DirectWrite Enabled	false (6.2.9200.17292)
Driver Date	10-28-2013
Driver Version	7.14.1.5026
GPU #2 Active	false
GPU Accelerated Windows	1/1 Direct3D 11 WARP (OMTC)
Subsys ID	040515ad
Supports Hardware H264 Decoding	false
Vendor ID	0x15ad
WebGL Renderer	Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.
windowLayerManagerRemote	true
AzureCanvasBackend	skia
AzureContentBackend	cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend	cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated	0

Comment 26

[dsylvest58]

Apologies for creating duplicate. Search on issue but must have either used wrong keywords or just missed it. First timer.

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Desktop NOT VM
  NOTE: any mention of "updating your graphics driver to version 9.6 or newer" is not possible for
        this graphics card.

Adapter Description	Radeon X1300/X1550 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Adapter Drivers	atiumdag atiumdva atiumd64 atiumd6a atitmm64
Adapter RAM	Unknown
Device ID	0x7187
Direct2D Enabled	Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 9.6 or newer.
DirectWrite Enabled	false (6.2.9200.17292)
Driver Date	4-25-2009
Driver Version	8.56.1.16
GPU #2 Active	false
GPU Accelerated Windows	0/1 Basic (OMTC) Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 9.6 or newer.
Subsys ID	19961545
Vendor ID	0x1002
WebGL Renderer	Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 9.6 or newer.
windowLayerManagerRemote	true
AzureCanvasBackend	skia
AzureContentBackend	cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend	cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated	0

Comment 27

[Emanuel Hoogeveen [:ehoogeveen]]

Jeff, the regression window is in comment #13 - this was caused by bug 1175366.

Comment 29

[Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow)]

Can someone please test these builds to see if they are still broken:

1) http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/[e-mail]-3d445a3573d2/try-win32/

2) http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/[e-mail]-2e4186aec4d4/try-win32/

Comment 30

[Emanuel Hoogeveen [:ehoogeveen]]

(In reply to Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow) from comment #29)
> Can someone please test these builds to see if they are still broken:
> 
> 1)
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/mwoodrow@mozilla.
> com-3d445a3573d2/try-win32/

This one works on my VM!

> 2)
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/mwoodrow@mozilla.
> com-2e4186aec4d4/try-win32/

This one is even more broken than Nightly, drawing only the Aero glass but nothing else - no tabs, no address bar, nothing. The content area is transparent.

Comment 31

[Steve Lyon]

(In reply to Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow) from comment #29)
> Can someone please test these builds to see if they are still broken:
> 
> 1)
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/[e-mail]-3d445a3573d2/try-win32/
> 
> 2)
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/[e-mail]-2e4186aec4d4/try-win32/

I get the same result for the two builds as report in Comment 30 on my Win7 x64 non-VM

The regression build for Nightly channel is:
Build ID 20150618061345
Built from https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/efe86609e776

Comment 32

[Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow)]

I believe I understand this now.

It appears that calling DoesD3D11TextureSharingWork directly causes a device reset on the compositor device (which is the one we test).

When we get a Windows OnPaint event we call UpdateRenderMode again, which will recreate the d3d11 devices and clear the reset state. Since we cache the result of DoesD3D11TextureSharingWork, we won't cause a driver reset this time around.

Unfortunately on e10s, we don't get Windows events to the child process (as we use PuppetWidget), so we never recreate our device for that process and stay in the failed state forever.

Affected users don't have direct2d (and we don't use the d3d11 compositor device for anything in the child process), so this shouldn't actually matter at all. However, ClientPaintedLayer::Render() checks for the failed state and skips painting layers if true, so we never draw.

Things to fix:

* Stop creating a compositor device in the child process.
* Call UpdateRenderMode in the child process so we can recover from device resets.
* Don't test texture sharing on WARP backed devices.

Comment 33

[Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow)]

Since this is a WARP device it's not a true device reset, but a bug in WARP where attempting to create a shared texture will result in GetDeviceRemovedReason returning weird values.

Comment 34

[Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow)]

Can someone please test this build: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/[e-mail]-1afc1422b182/try-win32/

Comment 35

[Steve Lyon]

(In reply to Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow) from comment #34)
> Can someone please test this build:
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/mwoodrow@mozilla.
> com-1afc1422b182/try-win32/

Looks fine from here. Tested on Win7 x64 on ThinkPad laptop (no VM) with default profile and E10S.

Comment 36

[dsylvest58]

(In reply to Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow) from comment #34)
> Can someone please test this build:
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/mwoodrow@mozilla.
> com-1afc1422b182/try-win32/

Looks good here too. Win 7 Ultimate x64 (no VM) w/ e10s enabled.

Comment 37

[Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow)]

Attachment: Don't test texture sharing for WARP

Comment 38

[u542118]

(In reply to Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow) from comment #34)
> Can someone please test this build:
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/mwoodrow@mozilla.
> com-1afc1422b182/try-win32/

Seems to work as expected on my Windows 7 professional 64 bit (non VM) on both graphics cards.

Comment 39

[vxf]

Black tabs started happening here on the latest couple of nightlies, I restored the Firefox profile and I can confirm it only happens _when multi-process is enabled_ and on this computer for which I'll provide the configuration. The html elements, buttons, etc are there and are clickable but the tab contents are rendered black. It also can happen with and without hardware acceleration enabled. It works fine on all my other computers.

-Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64
-Graphics Card: Intel(R) Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family
-Dual headed display
-Firefox Developer Edition 40.0a2 (2015-05-25)

Comment 40

[Anthony Boskovich]

Here is my about:support Graphics for my Windows 7 x64 no VM desktop.  Same problem for the last 4 builds.

Graphics
Adapter Description	Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset
Adapter Drivers	igdumd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32
Adapter RAM	Unknown
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom	none
Device ID	0x2e32
DirectWrite Enabled	false (6.2.9200.17292)
Driver Date	2-11-2011
Driver Version	8.15.10.2302
GPU #2 Active	false
GPU Accelerated Windows	2/2 Direct3D 11 WARP (OMTC)
Subsys ID	304f17aa
Supports Hardware H264 Decoding	false
Vendor ID	0x8086
WebGL Renderer	Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0)
windowLayerManagerRemote	true
AzureCanvasBackend	skia
AzureContentBackend	cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend	cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated	0

Comment 41

[Pulsebot]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/4c72e43c5ec2

Comment 42

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/4c72e43c5ec2

Comment 43

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

Found this fixed on todays build,

User Agent 	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0
Build ID 	20150629134017

Marking this as VERIFIED FIXED now

Comment 44

[dsylvest58]

What happened? When I tested the fixes (comment 36) it looked good, working properly. Today I update to Developer 40.0a2 (2015-06-29)and it's back. Enable es10 and nothing but black tabs.

Win 7 Ultimate x64 - No VM.

Comment 45

[u279076]

(In reply to dsylvest58 from comment #44)
> What happened? When I tested the fixes (comment 36) it looked good, working
> properly. Today I update to Developer 40.0a2 (2015-06-29)and it's back.

You tested Firefox 41 in comment 36. The patch is not in Firefox 40.

Comment 46

[dsylvest58]

(In reply to Anthony Hughes, QA Mentor (:ashughes) from comment #45)
> (In reply to dsylvest58 from comment #44)
> > What happened? When I tested the fixes (comment 36) it looked good, working
> > properly. Today I update to Developer 40.0a2 (2015-06-29)and it's back.
> 
> You tested Firefox 41 in comment 36. The patch is not in Firefox 40.

You're absolutely right, my bad. I was on my laptop and 40 is working properly with es10 so assumed it had been back-patched there too. Then I realized the laptop is a 32-bit box and perhaps this is Win x64 specific. I'll just disable on desktop until Developer hits 41. My mistake for a-s-s-u-m-i-n-g [slinks away].

Comment 47

[fireattack [:fireattack]]

I still have this problem on newest Nightly.

Should I reopen this bug or fire another ticket?

Comment 48

[fireattack [:fireattack]]

About:support information.

Graphics
Adapter Description	Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
Adapter Drivers	igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32
Adapter RAM	Unknown
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom	wheel input enabled
ClearType Parameters	Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: R ClearType Level: 100 Enhanced Contrast: 200
Device ID	0x0116
Direct2D Enabled	true
DirectWrite Enabled	true (10.0.10586.0)
Driver Date	10-31-2015
Driver Version	10.17.10.4229
GPU #2 Active	false
GPU Accelerated Windows	1/1 Direct3D 11 (OMTC)
Subsys ID	167f103c
Supports Hardware H264 Decoding	Yes
Vendor ID	0x8086
windowLayerManagerRemote	true
AzureCanvasBackend	direct2d 1.1
AzureContentBackend	direct2d 1.1
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend	cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated	0

Comment 49

[u279076]

(In reply to Benjamin Peng from comment #47)
> I still have this problem on newest Nightly. Should I reopen this bug or fire another ticket?

Please file a new bug report, thank you.