thunderbird-3.0-2.6.b3.fc11.i586 firefox-3.5.2-2.fc11.i586
Suddenly, most of the icons in thunderbird and *some* images in ff are pretty messed up. They appear to be indexed to just 3 colours. Sometimes, it's predominantly neon green, other times purple or black. In TB, it's the ones that are highlighted, except for folders, which look fine. Any icon that's greyed out also appears normal. Also, the icons in the "write" window i'm typing now in are ok.
In FF, there doesn't appear to be any rhyme or reason, save for the fact they're all PNGs. I thought that it was background images only, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Nor are all PNGs screwed up.
I recently installed an LCD display and so modified my xorg.conf. But this problem only just appeared so i doubt it's related. Is anyone else seeing something similar (it's *really* hard to miss).
Otherwise, can anyone think of what I can check?
Here's the latest from yum.log:
Aug 19 16:40:07 Updated: gvfs-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:07 Updated: pciutils-libs-3.1.3-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:08 Updated: nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:09 Updated: nss-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:09 Updated: pciutils-3.1.3-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:10 Updated: libmtp-0.3.7-2.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:12 Updated: nss-tools-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:12 Updated: gvfs-smb-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:12 Updated: gvfs-obexftp-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:13 Updated: gvfs-archive-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:13 Updated: gvfs-gphoto2-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:13 Updated: gvfs-fuse-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:17 Updated: gdb-6.8.50.20090302-37.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:53 Updated: gnome-settings-daemon-2.26.1-8.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:06 Updated: 7:squid-3.0.STABLE18-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:06 Updated: m17n-db-1.5.5-1.fc11.noarch Aug 19 16:41:07 Updated: kernel-firmware-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.noarch Aug 19 16:41:08 Updated: pciutils-devel-3.1.3-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:10 Updated: nss-devel-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:15 Updated: setroubleshoot-plugins-2.0.18-5.fc11.noarch Aug 19 16:41:19 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:47 Installed: kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:47 Updated: systemtap-runtime-0.9.9-3.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:52 Updated: systemtap-0.9.9-3.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:53 Updated: m17n-lib-1.5.5-1.fc11.i586
On 08/21/2009 09:16 AM, brian wrote:
thunderbird-3.0-2.6.b3.fc11.i586 firefox-3.5.2-2.fc11.i586
Suddenly, most of the icons in thunderbird and *some* images in ff are pretty messed up. They appear to be indexed to just 3 colours. Sometimes, it's predominantly neon green, other times purple or black. In TB, it's the ones that are highlighted, except for folders, which look fine. Any icon that's greyed out also appears normal. Also, the icons in the "write" window i'm typing now in are ok.
In FF, there doesn't appear to be any rhyme or reason, save for the fact they're all PNGs. I thought that it was background images only, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Nor are all PNGs screwed up.
I recently installed an LCD display and so modified my xorg.conf. But this problem only just appeared so i doubt it's related. Is anyone else seeing something similar (it's *really* hard to miss).
Otherwise, can anyone think of what I can check?
Here's the latest from yum.log:
Aug 19 16:40:07 Updated: gvfs-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:07 Updated: pciutils-libs-3.1.3-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:08 Updated: nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:09 Updated: nss-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:09 Updated: pciutils-3.1.3-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:10 Updated: libmtp-0.3.7-2.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:12 Updated: nss-tools-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:12 Updated: gvfs-smb-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:12 Updated: gvfs-obexftp-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:13 Updated: gvfs-archive-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:13 Updated: gvfs-gphoto2-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:13 Updated: gvfs-fuse-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:17 Updated: gdb-6.8.50.20090302-37.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:53 Updated: gnome-settings-daemon-2.26.1-8.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:06 Updated: 7:squid-3.0.STABLE18-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:06 Updated: m17n-db-1.5.5-1.fc11.noarch Aug 19 16:41:07 Updated: kernel-firmware-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.noarch Aug 19 16:41:08 Updated: pciutils-devel-3.1.3-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:10 Updated: nss-devel-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:15 Updated: setroubleshoot-plugins-2.0.18-5.fc11.noarch Aug 19 16:41:19 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:47 Installed: kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:47 Updated: systemtap-runtime-0.9.9-3.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:52 Updated: systemtap-0.9.9-3.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:53 Updated: m17n-lib-1.5.5-1.fc11.i586
Correction: some JPEGs are also displayed like this in FF.
On 08/21/2009 10:52 PM, brian wrote:
On 08/21/2009 09:16 AM, brian wrote:
thunderbird-3.0-2.6.b3.fc11.i586 firefox-3.5.2-2.fc11.i586
Suddenly, most of the icons in thunderbird and *some* images in ff are pretty messed up. They appear to be indexed to just 3 colours. Sometimes, it's predominantly neon green, other times purple or black. In TB, it's the ones that are highlighted, except for folders, which look fine. Any icon that's greyed out also appears normal. Also, the icons in the "write" window i'm typing now in are ok.
In FF, there doesn't appear to be any rhyme or reason, save for the fact they're all PNGs. I thought that it was background images only, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Nor are all PNGs screwed up.
I recently installed an LCD display and so modified my xorg.conf. But this problem only just appeared so i doubt it's related. Is anyone else seeing something similar (it's *really* hard to miss).
Otherwise, can anyone think of what I can check?
Here's the latest from yum.log:
Aug 19 16:40:07 Updated: gvfs-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:07 Updated: pciutils-libs-3.1.3-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:08 Updated: nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:09 Updated: nss-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:09 Updated: pciutils-3.1.3-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:10 Updated: libmtp-0.3.7-2.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:12 Updated: nss-tools-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:12 Updated: gvfs-smb-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:12 Updated: gvfs-obexftp-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:13 Updated: gvfs-archive-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:13 Updated: gvfs-gphoto2-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:13 Updated: gvfs-fuse-1.2.3-11.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:17 Updated: gdb-6.8.50.20090302-37.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:40:53 Updated: gnome-settings-daemon-2.26.1-8.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:06 Updated: 7:squid-3.0.STABLE18-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:06 Updated: m17n-db-1.5.5-1.fc11.noarch Aug 19 16:41:07 Updated: kernel-firmware-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.noarch Aug 19 16:41:08 Updated: pciutils-devel-3.1.3-1.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:10 Updated: nss-devel-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.4.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:15 Updated: setroubleshoot-plugins-2.0.18-5.fc11.noarch Aug 19 16:41:19 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:47 Installed: kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:47 Updated: systemtap-runtime-0.9.9-3.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:52 Updated: systemtap-0.9.9-3.fc11.i586 Aug 19 16:41:53 Updated: m17n-lib-1.5.5-1.fc11.i586
Correction: some JPEGs are also displayed like this in FF.
Anyone? Is anbody seeing anything like this? I can't think of what to look for as *most* images look just fine. So, I can't imagine it's a problem with X.
On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:39:14 -0400 brian fedora@logi.ca wrote:
On 08/21/2009 10:52 PM, brian wrote:
On 08/21/2009 09:16 AM, brian wrote:
thunderbird-3.0-2.6.b3.fc11.i586 firefox-3.5.2-2.fc11.i586
Suddenly, most of the icons in thunderbird and *some* images in ff are pretty messed up. They appear to be indexed to just 3 colours. Sometimes, it's predominantly neon green, other times purple or black. In TB, it's the ones that are highlighted, except for folders, which look fine. Any icon that's greyed out also appears normal. Also, the icons in the "write" window i'm typing now in are ok.
Anyone? Is anbody seeing anything like this? I can't think of what to look for as *most* images look just fine. So, I can't imagine it's a problem with X.
I'm not seeing this in FF, don't use TB (F11 x86_64). It is probably some obscure interaction between your hardware, its drivers, and those applications. i.e. a bug
Are the distortions consistent? i.e. do the same icons and images always have the same distortion?
What if you save an image that is distorted and open it with an image viewer? Still distorted?
Do you have any strange configuration options set? Effects plugins installed?
What if you start firefox in safe mode? firefox -safe-mode (bad option design!).
On 09/03/2009 10:45 PM, stan wrote:
On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:39:14 -0400 brianfedora@logi.ca wrote:
On 08/21/2009 10:52 PM, brian wrote:
On 08/21/2009 09:16 AM, brian wrote:
thunderbird-3.0-2.6.b3.fc11.i586 firefox-3.5.2-2.fc11.i586
Suddenly, most of the icons in thunderbird and *some* images in ff are pretty messed up. They appear to be indexed to just 3 colours. Sometimes, it's predominantly neon green, other times purple or black. In TB, it's the ones that are highlighted, except for folders, which look fine. Any icon that's greyed out also appears normal. Also, the icons in the "write" window i'm typing now in are ok.
Anyone? Is anbody seeing anything like this? I can't think of what to look for as *most* images look just fine. So, I can't imagine it's a problem with X.
I'm not seeing this in FF, don't use TB (F11 x86_64). It is probably some obscure interaction between your hardware, its drivers, and those applications. i.e. a bug
Are the distortions consistent? i.e. do the same icons and images always have the same distortion?
Yes & no. Sometimes, both apps display things just fine. But, when they misbehave, it's always the same images. In TB, for instance, the images that are screewed up are the menu icons at top, except for the trash and printer. eg.
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6851/screenshot1ji.png
In the folders list, it's all of the icons except that for "Drafts" & folders. However, the manner of distortion changes slightly: sometimes everything is predominantly purple and other times kind of a caustic green. But it's always the same icons, which suggests to me that it's something specific to how those files are interpreted.
With FF, again, it's always the same images. The difference is that the icons are all fine and the problem is only with content images. Both PNG & JPG are affected (I haven't noticed any GIFs) so that's a bit confusing.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2249/screenshotk.png
Note that FF has gone green while TB is purple today.
What if you save an image that is distorted and open it with an image viewer? Still distorted?
I opened an example image from FF in both GIMP and EoG and it was displayed fine.
Do you have any strange configuration options set? Effects plugins installed?
No.
What if you start firefox in safe mode? firefox -safe-mode (bad option design!).
Once I came across a bad image in FF, I restarted in safe mode and browsed back to it. It was still bad. (It's "--safe-mode", btw)
I have not come across anything similar in any other apps.
On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:47:39 -0400 brian fedora@logi.ca wrote:
On 09/03/2009 10:45 PM, stan wrote:
Are the distortions consistent? i.e. do the same icons and images always have the same distortion?
Yes & no. Sometimes, both apps display things just fine. But, when
This really sound like an intermittent bug in firefox and thunderbird, given the other information below.
What if you save an image that is distorted and open it with an image viewer? Still distorted?
I opened an example image from FF in both GIMP and EoG and it was displayed fine.
Seems it isn't the video driver then.
What if you start firefox in safe mode? firefox -safe-mode (bad option design!).
Once I came across a bad image in FF, I restarted in safe mode and browsed back to it. It was still bad. (It's "--safe-mode", btw)
Actually, it isn't. From the mozilla web site,
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode
Linux
On Linux, you can go to your Terminal and run (for Firefox):
* /path/to/firefox/firefox -safe-mode
It probably accepts the --safe-mode as well. It isn't like Firefox is going to have lots of options from the command line anyway. I was just being peevish.
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