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Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com
Asked: 2015-04-07 00:56:28 +0800 CST

Firefox shows all background color as white starting today on all pages

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When I started Firefox today all background colors were gone as in the following screenshot:

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This probably happened because I have set up automatic software updates, so something must have gotten broken.

What I've tried to no avail:

  • start Firefox with --safe-mode to disable all plugins
  • rested GNOME color themes to Ubuntu's default
  • sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade. This upgraded from Firefox 36 to 37.
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I had to do a "Firefox refresh", which seems to be a way to import old settings into a new version of Firefox. To do it go:

    Menu > Help > Troubleshooting information > Refresh Firefox

    I suspect that the break was linked to:

    If someone understands better, please edit this answer.

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