486625 - Google Maps Street View displays only black where street view should appear

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Matt]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009033100 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009033100 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.8

I'm running Jaunty Beta on a Dell Mini9 and trying to use Google Maps Street View. Black displays where the street view should appear.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Search for a location on Google Maps
2. After the location is found, switch to street view by dragging the person on top of the map view
Actual Results:  
Map portion of screen turns black

Expected Results:  
I expected to see the street view of the map

Might be related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/307821

Comment 1

[billf]

Just a note, I'm running into the same issue running Firefox 3.0.13 and Ubuntu 9.04.  The map view field shows up as being black following the same steps as above.  Google Maps appears to work in Opera with no problems.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in a fresh profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Also update your plugins (flash, adobe reader, java, quicktime, silverlight, etc.) Go to the developer's website and download the latest version from there. If you no longer see this issue, please close this bug as RESOLVED, WORKSFORME. If you do see the bug, please post a comment.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 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.