[SOLVED] Firefox doesn't show some text after UP4

[egabrum]

After UP4, Firefox / Iceweasel / Iceape are acting very weird. I have tried complete removal, re-installing, removing .mozilla, disabling add-ons, diabling plugins, etc
I am out of ideas.

Behaviour: for example
[*] in http://www.linuxmint.com/ Firefox shows the blog items but not the headers/titles.
[*] If I search linuxmint in Google, the first search item shows
Main Page -
.com/
instead of
Main Page - Linux Mint
linuxmint.com/
[*] http://www.nytimes.com/ does not show the sections on the left (World / U.S. / Politics / ...)

etc
Chome and Opera seem to work fine.


LMDE UP4 64-bit

[äxl]

Is this a theme problem? Can you see what misses if you Ctrl+A or Firfox - Edit - Select All?

[egabrum]

No. Even doing Ctrl+A the same parts remain hidden.
If I do: Select -> Right click -> View selection source, everything is there in the source code, but Firefox does not render some parts.

For example, in linuxmint.com , although Firefox's source viewer recognizes:

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<div class="article"><h1>Linux Mint Debian 201204 RC (MATE/Cinnamon &amp; Xfce) released!</h1><p class="timestamp">This article was posted on: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:06:08 +0000</p><p>The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 201204 RC with updated ISOs for

In fact, Firefox only displays:

This article was posted on: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:06:08 +0000
The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 201204 RC with updated ISOs for

in this case, as you can see, the header is missing. But I think it's not only headers; in other pages much more text is missing.

[äxl]

Could you post a screenshot?

Maybe you even have to reinstall dependencies, some libraries ...

[egabrum]

See captures attached.

Also, I have noticed that Java packages are outdated (6.26.1) and Synaptic doesn't allow me to Mark them for Reinstallation.

[äxl]

See captures attached.

That's http://www.linuxmint.com, right? There's more going on: I don't have the search but an image wrapper (javascript). Opera looks the same though I have some plugins in both.
Do you have an extra blocker, firewall etc. installed?

Also, I have noticed that Java packages are outdated (6.26.1) and Synaptic doesn't allow me to Mark them for Reinstallation.

I have 6.26-1
Regard the minus. But I don't think they are outdated. For Linux.
You could try to reinstall Sun's Java:

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall sun-java-jre

Or OpenJDK:

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall openjdk-6-jre

[egabrum]

[*] I took my screen shots from http://www.linuxmint.com/start/debian/
I don't have any blocker installed.

I have 6.26-1
Regard the minus. But I don't think they are outdated. For Linux.

[*] Latest version for Linux is 6.31 http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp
I wonder why the updated don't make it to the package distributions.

[*] If I try: sudo apt-get install --reinstall sun-java-jre
I get:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reinstallation of sun-java6-jre is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.


If I may digress... I am very confused, I must admit. I spend much more time working on getting my OS in order than getting work done with my computer. It's like if a tennis player spent more time tuning his racket than playing...

[äxl]

[*] I took my screen shots from http://www.linuxmint.com/start/debian/
I don't have any blocker installed.

Than it looks as mine.

[*] Latest version for Linux is 6.31 http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp
I wonder why the updated don't make it to the package distributions.

Get the sources and compile it yourself if you're not happy.

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Reinstallation of sun-java6-jre is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.

Duh, I meant this package.

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall sun-java6-jre

If I may digress... I am very confused, I must admit. I spend much more time working on getting my OS in order than getting work done with my computer. It's like if a tennis player spent more time tuning his racket than playing...

Bad choice of words. Because the racket is the hardware. It's like a drummer spending more time with the setup than drumming.

I think I had an idea but it's 6AM so I go to bed.

[zerozero]

howto update java in linux

[egabrum]

Thanks zerozero. I have Java 6.31 installed now. Any idea why it is not updated anymore by the repositories?

Anyhow, this does not solve the problem with Firefox. I have spent hours looking for information. Read tens of pages and threads and nobody seems to have the same problem (really?..). All I know it that UP4 triggered this problem (along with some others).

[egabrum]

I think I had an idea but it's 6AM so I go to bed.

Did you sleep well? Fine... what was that idea?

If found out that the line triggering the problem in (for example) http://www.linuxmint.com/start/debian/ is:

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<link href="./Start Page - Linux Mint_files/start.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

[äxl]

Did you sleep well? Fine... what was that idea?

Quite. Thanks. But I forgot. I guess it had something to do with addons and settings but since you even tried a new profile ...
You could try to install another version in /opt ...?

If found out that the line triggering the problem in (for example) http://www.linuxmint.com/start/debian/ is:

How did you find that out? The only line is can find with start.css is enclosed like this:

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<title>Start Page - Linux Mint</title>
<link href="../css/start.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="../../pictures/favicon.ico">

../css/start.css links to http://www.linuxmint.com/start/css/start.css:

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/* Created by Carlos Porto, Design Drifter. Contact at cporto(at)designdrifter.com */
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", "Liberation Sans", verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif ;
font-size: 76%;
color: #333;
background: #e4ffc9 url(http://linuxmint.com/img/bg-repeat.png) repeat-x 0 0;
text-align: center;
}

/*typography*/
a, a:link, a:visited, a:active{
color: #555;
padding: 0px 5px 0 5px;
}
a:hover{
background: #7ea356;
color:#FFFF7D;
}

h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{
clear: both;
margin: 1.6em 0em .2em 0em;
}
h1, h1 a {
color: #507f19;
font-size: 1.4em;
margin: .6em 0em .2em 0em;
}
h2 {
color:#81b34e;
font-size: 1.4em;
}
h3 {
color:#67804e;
font-size: 1.2em;
}
h4 {
font-size: 1.2em;
}
h5 {
font-size: 1.0em;
}
h6 {
font-size: 0.8em;
}

img {
border: 0;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

ol, ul, li {
line-height: 1.8em;
margin-top: 0.2em;
margin-bottom: 0.1em;
}
p {
line-height: 1.2em;
margin: 1em 0em 1em 0em;
clear: both;
}

pre {/*moz 1.0/1.1/1.2.1, net 7.0/7.01 make this way too small*/
font-family: monospace;
font-size: 1.0em;
}
strong, b {font-weight: bold;}

/* Layout ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#container{
background: transparent url(http://linuxmint.com/img/bg.png) no-repeat center top;
text-align: left;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
width:100%;
min-height: 100%; /* For Modern Browsers */
height: auto!important; /* For Modern Browsers */
height: 100%; /* For IE */
font-size:1.1em;
}

#heading{
height: 170px;
width:500px;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
}

#content{
padding:20px;
margin:-62px auto;
background: #e4ffc9 url(http://linuxmint.com/img/bg-body-start.png) repeat-x 0 0;
width:460px;
height:380px;
position:relative;
z-index: 50;
}

/* Branding, logo */
#branding{
background:url(http://linuxmint.com/img/logo-start.png) no-repeat 0 0;
width:265px;
height:79px;
position:absolute;
top:14px;
left:0px;
z-index:40;
}

#branding a.ir{
background:url(http://linuxmint.com/img/logo-start.png) no-repeat 0 0;
z-index-60;
width:265px;
height:79px;
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
}


/* Search   */
ul#searchTypes{
list-style:none;
margin:0 0 .5em 0;
padding:0;
height:2.2em;
}

ul#searchTypes li{
float:left;
margin:.2em .4em;
}

input#sbi{
width: 410px;
line-height:24px;
color:#333;
padding: 3px 6px;
background:#ccffaa;
border: solid 2px #81ab64;
}

input#sbb{
background: url(http://linuxmint.com/img/search-btn-start.png) no-repeat 0 0;
width: 30px;
height:25px;
padding:0;
margin: 0 0 -7px 0;
}


ul#prefs{
list-style:none;
margin:1em 0 8em 0;
padding:0;
font-size:.8em;
}

ul#prefs li{
float:left;
margin:.2em .3em;
}

ul#prefs li.title{font-weight: bold;}
ul#prefs li.links{margin:.2em 1em; color:#666;}
ul#prefs li.links a:link{
background: #f3fea4;
padding:.1em .5em;
}
ul#prefs li.links a:hover{
background: #7ea356;
color:#FFFF7D;
}

p#learn{text-align:center;}
p#powered{text-align:center; font-size:.8em;}
p#powered img{position:relative; top:1em;}

#news{
background: #dbfcc1 url(http://linuxmint.com/img/bg-body.png) repeat-x 0 0;
padding:5px 15px 15px;
}
#news dl{ overflow: hidden; }/* used to hide long text */
#news dt strong{
font-size: 2.3em;
font-weight: normal;
color: #92a382;
position: relative;
top: .1em;
}
#news dt,
#news dt a{
font-size: 1.1em;
font-weight: bold;
}
#news dd{
margin: .6em 0 0;
padding-bottom: .6em;
border-bottom: solid 1px #81ab64;
}
#news dd p{
margin: .6em;
}
#news dd p.date{
font-size: .8em;
margin: -.6em .6em 0;
padding: 0;
color: #666;
}

#mintLinks{
padding: 2px 0;
margin: 0 0 1.5em;
background: transparent url(http://linuxmint.com/img/bg-body.png) repeat-x 0 -100px;
min-height: 3em;
}

#userGuideList{
width: 14em;
overflow: hidden;
text-align: left;
background: #fff;
border: solid .4em #93a383;
padding: .2em 1em;
display:none;
}
#userGuideList ul{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#userGuideList ul li{
float: left;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 2.5em;
height: 2.5em;
}
#userGuideList ul li a{
padding: 0;
width: 20px;
}
#userGuideList ul li img{
width: 20px;
vertical-align: bottom;
}

#userGuideList ul li a:hover img{
width: 30px;
}

#userGuide, #releaseNotes{
position: relative;
float: left;
}
#userGuide { z-index: 5; }
#userGuide:hover #userGuideList{
display: block;
position: absolute;
bottom:0;
left: 1.6em;
z-index: 10;
}

You may be onto something.

[egabrum]

Finally!!! What a frustrating and useless waste of time...

SOLUTION
Install the package ttf-mscorefonts-installer

I ignore if I had it installed before UP4 and, if so, why it was uninstalled after UP4. I hate when the updates become regressions.

Many thanks äxl. Your remarks led me to figure what the problem was.

[äxl]

Finally!!! What a frustrating and useless waste of time...

Firefox works again and you presented the solution. I at least wouldn't call it "useless".

SOLUTION
Install the package ttf-mscorefonts-installer
I ignore if I had it installed before UP4 and, if so, why it was uninstalled after UP4. I hate when the updates become regressions.

I never had that package. It wasn't removed nor upgraded ...

Many thanks äxl. Your remarks led me to figure what the problem was.

You're welcome. However you came to the solution ...