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After the last update (version 49.0) graphics not seem to work properly. Why?

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agkapodi
agkapodi
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While reading the news in a local site, instead of showing the pictures along with the article the screen was full of colorful vertical stripes. The same happened in another site and also in Facebook. I have updated my graphics card, I reinstalled Firefox and also checked for Java updates.

While reading the news in a local site, instead of showing the pictures along with the article the screen was full of colorful vertical stripes. The same happened in another site and also in Facebook. I have updated my graphics card, I reinstalled Firefox and also checked for Java updates.

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Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration. Since this feature was added to Firefox, it has gradually improved, but there still are a few glitches.

You will need to restart Firefox for this to take effect so save all work first (e.g., mail you are composing, online documents you're editing, etc.).

Then perform these steps:

  1. Click the menu button New Fx Menu and select Options on Windows or Preferences on Mac or Linux.
  2. Select the Advanced panel and then the General tab.
  3. Uncheck Use hardware acceleration when available.
  4. Restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

If the problem is resolved, you should check for updates for your graphics driver by following the steps mentioned in these Knowledge base articles:

Thank you.

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Wesley Branton
Wesley Branton
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Chosen Solution

Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration. Since this feature was added to Firefox, it has gradually improved, but there still are a few glitches.

You will need to restart Firefox for this to take effect so save all work first (e.g., mail you are composing, online documents you're editing, etc.).

Then perform these steps:

  1. Click the menu button New Fx Menu and select Options on Windows or Preferences on Mac or Linux.
  2. Select the Advanced panel and then the General tab.
  3. Uncheck Use hardware acceleration when available.
  4. Restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

If the problem is resolved, you should check for updates for your graphics driver by following the steps mentioned in these Knowledge base articles:

Thank you.

agkapodi
agkapodi Question owner
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Problem seems to be solved! Thank you!

Wesley Branton
Wesley Branton
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I am glad to hear that your problem has been resolved. Thank you for contacting Mozilla Support.

philipp
philipp
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hi, could you go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this could help us resolve the issue for other affected users. thank you