firefox does not render properly on external display Description of problem: firefox does not render properly on external display I haven't found a reliable reproducer, but every now and then when my laptop is connected to an external display, firefox will start in the incorrect resolution. See the attached screenshots to see what I mean. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): firefox-3.0-0.beta5.1.el5 xorg-x11-drv-i810-1.6.5-9.11.el5 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.41.el5 How reproducible: 25% of the time Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot laptop into runlevel 5 (native resolution is 1280x800) 2. connect an external display and close the lid on the laptop 3. login , gnome session begins w/ resolution=1280x1024 4. bump the resolution to 1600x1200 w/ xrandr 5. start firefox Actual results: See the attached screenshot
Created attachment 302176 [details] compare the resolution of firefox and gnome-terminal
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=394103#attach_308395 fixes this. very simple patch that made it just after beta. We already have to take some patches for snap 6, can we get this in as well, too?
+ qa_ack
the patch referenced in comment #2 does not appear to help. are any additional tweaks necessary to get it to work as expected?
(In reply to comment #4) > the patch referenced in comment #2 does not appear to help. are any additional > tweaks necessary to get it to work as expected? Ben, you probably patched firefox. The patch was needed in xulrunner.
(In reply to comment #7) > Ben, you probably patched firefox. The patch was needed in xulrunner. Yup, that's exactly what I did. I'll give the new xulrunner RPMS a spin.
fix verified in xulrunner-1.9-0.beta5.4.el5 (+ firefox-3.0-0.beta5.3.el5)
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2008-0479.html