Closed Bug 1231653 Opened 8 years ago Closed 8 years ago

[e10s] On Mac OS X - blank page while running Firefox in Safe Mode

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

x86
macOS
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1187322
Tracking Status
firefox45 --- affected

People

(Reporter: sbadau, Unassigned)

References

Details

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0
Build ID: 20151210030212

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install the latest Nightly 45.0a1
2. Launch Firefox with a new profile
3. Load any website, e.g yahoo.com
4. Enter Safe mode: - in the address bar, click on the Open menu button ->Open Help menu -> Restart with Add-ons Disabled -> Restart -> Start in Safe mode
5. Check the website loaded in step 3.

Expected results:
The website loads properly.

Actual results:
The website shows a blank page.
The issue is not reproducible on Windows 7 or On Ubuntu 14.04.
The issue is reproducible on Mac OS X (confirmed on Mac Os X 10.10 and Mac OS X 10.11).
Note that the issue is not reproducible when e10s is disabled.
Blocks: e10s
reproduced on Mac OSX 10.9.5.  Had multiple tabs open prior to switching to safe mode.  On restart, in safe mode, all the tabs opened blank.
Milan, I assume this is because we're missing basic compositor support. Is that true? If so, what bug is tracking that?
Flags: needinfo?(milan)
(In reply to Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?) from comment #3)
> Milan, I assume this is because we're missing basic compositor support. Is
> that true? If so, what bug is tracking that?

Bug 1187322.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(milan)
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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