438320 - Firefox shows artifacts on MySQL website

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Tomasz Sałaciński]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; pl; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052912 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; pl; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052912 Firefox/3.0

Please go to:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/grant.html

And Firefox will show artifacts on the website.

After selecting the text, it becomes visible. After deselecting the text - it's visible still. If the Firefox window will lose focus, artifacts will show up again (that's why there is no screenshot showing that they are disappearing).

It happens on Linux with Firefox 3.0-rc2 (not tested on Windows). I don't have any Windows fonts on my system (Fedora Core 9 with GNOME desktop).

No composite manager running (not even xcompmgr).

PS. The webpage is broken, but I think it's not related to any CSS/HTML stuff, but the renderer.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firefox 3.0-rc2
2. Go to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/grant.html
3. Look at the artifacts on the screen
Actual Results:  
Firefox shows artifacts.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should show the correct font (the same after selecting and removing the selection)

The ugly font

Comment 1

[Tomasz Sałaciński]

PS. Sorry

After scrolling slowly through the page problem disappears, but if you scroll rapidly the problem occurs.

Comment 2

[Sylvain Pasche]

I'm not seeing those artifacts (Ubuntu 8.04). I thought this might be bug 215055, but there isn't overflow: scroll/auto in that CSS.

Comment 3

[Bryan Bach]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1a1pre) Gecko/2008060902

I can't reproduce this on Fedora 9. I do, however, have the Windows fonts installed.

Comment 4

[Tomasz Sałaciński]

It looks like this:

http://dp0154.debowypark.waw.pl/sql-1.png

But as I said, highlighting the text fixes the problem, but if Firefox window will lose focus it reappears.

Comment 5

[Tomasz Sałaciński]

BTW. I doesn't help if I'll switch to xcompmgr and safe mode (firefox --safe-mode)

Comment 6

[Tomasz Sałaciński]

Installing MSTTCOREFONTS (Microsoft Fonts) didn't help either.

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.9 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 8

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.10 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.