This might a issue with only my system (which is actually running aptosid, not siduction), but just in case: after a DU today, the site text does not appear in several sites under Firefox, even siduction's own site, as one can see in the attachment.
I am 99% sure nothing was removed with the DU. Starting in safe mode also does not fix the issue. I also tried to change the default font in Firefox, but it did not help either.
Does anyone else see this, or is it just my system?
# apt policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 112.0-1
Candidate: 112.0-1
Version table:
*** 112.0-1 500
500 http://debian-archive.trafficmanager.net/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
# inxi -v3
System:
Host: debian Kernel: 6.2.0-10.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.2 Distro: aptosid
2013-01 - kde-full - (201305050307) base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: N/A
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z87-PRO v: Rev 1.xx serial: 140120922701297
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2103 date: 08/18/2014
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M310
charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: discharging
Device-2: wacom_battery_0 model: Wacom Intuos S charge: 0% status: N/A
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-4771 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3530 high: 3704 min/max: 800/3900 cores: 1: 3498 2: 3499
3: 3498 4: 3498 5: 3498 6: 3545 7: 3503 8: 3704 bogomips: 55969
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7750/8740 / R7 250E]
vendor: VISIONTEK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
temp: 49.0 C
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-3.3:8
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz
2: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (verde LLVM
15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.2.0-10.slh.1-aptosid-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: e0:3f:49:a3:4c:a6
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 13.88 TiB used: 7.16 TiB (51.6%)
Info:
Processes: 396 Uptime: 4h 58m Memory: 31.3 GiB used: 20.61 GiB (65.8%)
Init: systemd target: graphical (5) Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: 7465
Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 inxi: 3.3.26
There are no abnormalities here.
apt policy firefox
firefox:
Installiert: 112.0-1
Installationskandidat: 112.0-1
Versionstabelle:
*** 112.0-1 500
500 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
inxi -v3
System:
Host: Devil Kernel: 6.2.11-1-siduction-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.2 Distro: siduction
22.1.2 Masters_of_War - kde - (202303151559) base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3002
date: 02/23/2023
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus
M705 charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: discharging
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 rev: 0 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1891 high: 4200 min/max: 1400/4807 boost: disabled
cores: 1: 1400 2: 4200 3: 1400 4: 4198 5: 1400 6: 1400 7: 1400 8: 1400
9: 1400 10: 1700 11: 1400 12: 1400 bogomips: 100804
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 bus-ID: 0a:00.0
temp: 28.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 1.22.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM
15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.2.11-1-siduction-amd64) direct-render: Yes
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edlin
Thanks, edlin! I suppose it is a problem with my system then...
It seems like it happened with version 112 coming in. Does anyone have any ideas on what could cause it?
Why don't you rename everything in the $HOME of FF and then test:
apt update; apt install --reinstall firefox
Is there no text in Firefox, or is the text just the same colour as the background (something I've encountered in the past since I have dark background/white text in my set up: sites will define the background of their pages but assume that the text will be black)?
The text is there, but it does not show. I can click on links and select text. But even when selected, the text does not appear.
I tried switching from dark to light theme, but it had no effect.
I also tried changing the default font, but it also did not help...
It also only affects some websites, but not others.
Make a note of the site name.
Close down Firefox.
mv ~/.mozilla{,.old}
Start Firefox. Copy in the site name.
If you see text again, there's something with your Firefox configuration that's causing the issue - an add-on or theme, perhaps.
Thanks, pip! I had already tried that without success. But I found something that worked: https://www.reddit.com/r/flatpak/comments/g1owya/firefox_some_workaround_for_fonts/
It seems I needed to do:
# apt purge xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi
Everything worked after that.
Before purging, we would get, for instance:
$ fc-match Helvetica
helvR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: "Helvetica" "Regular"
After:
$ fc-match Helvetica
NimbusSans-Regular.otf: "Nimbus Sans" "Regular"
Thanks all for the help!