constant screen flickering
recently I upgraded to firefox 12. as soon as I did the screen constantly flickers when scrolling, mousing over anything, page updating, and especially streaming video flickers even worse. I tried downgrading to a previous version of firefox (10.0.2) but it still happens. I have used firefox for years and would like to continue to use it but this will give me a headache! PLEASE how can I fix this!
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
- Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
- https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
the new versions of firefox use hardware acceleration, please update the graphics drivers for your system for the feature to work properly.
for your integrated intel hardware see: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20842...
for the dedicated nvidia card: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/result.../42588
in case an update of the drivers does not help, you can also switch off hardware acceleration in firefox > options > advanced > general
My drivers are up to date and I have a fairly robust graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450). My card was top of the line when I first experienced the issue. The latest driver is installed today. This problem has been happening for over 2 years, but I still have to turn off hardware acceleration to be able to use Firefox.