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FS#40709 - [firefox] Google Street View not working properly on Firefox 29

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by jack (jackgu1988) - Thursday, 05 June 2014, 13:42 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 17 November 2014, 18:09 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 5
Private No

Details

Description:
"Go to the new Google Maps, https://www.google.com/maps/preview
Click on the Pegman near the bottom right corner
Click on any "blue" street to enter the new Google Street View.
Google Street View works properly.
Now, click somewhere on the Google Street View screen to move forward along a street.
Almost always, the view becomes black, while the rest of the screen (road indication on top left, photos on bottom, small map on the bottom left) are OK.
Exiting Street View with the left arrow next to the road indication on top left, does not help, the map view is also black. The side elements (search box etc.) work.
Reloading the page restores the situation."

(same as in here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1322835?comments=all)

Additional info:
* package version(s) 29

Steps to reproduce:
Go to the new Google Maps, https://www.google.com/maps/preview
Click on the Pegman near the bottom right corner
Click on any "blue" street to enter the new Google Street View
Navigate to some place
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 17 November 2014, 18:09 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by patrick (potomac) - Friday, 06 June 2014, 12:33 GMT
I confirm the bug,

maybe it's a side effect of this another bug :

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/40160
Comment by Pierre (Maelstr0m) - Saturday, 21 June 2014, 10:12 GMT
The street view indeed turns black only when moving forward, it even blinks red sometimes.
I also noticed that you can bring back the view by opening or closing the console; probably because Firefox refreshes the display whenever you add/remove space to/from the screen.
Comment by Renato Caldas (rmsc) - Sunday, 22 June 2014, 10:41 GMT
This still happens with Firefox 30. I cannot reproduce the other bug patrick pointed to though.
Comment by Francisco Gonzalez (gzmorell) - Thursday, 26 June 2014, 14:03 GMT
Look at "http://askubuntu.com/questions/486161/street-view-goes-to-black"
using "https://www.google.com/maps/preview/?force=webgl" works for me
Comment by mattia (nTia89) - Monday, 17 November 2014, 17:59 GMT
I can't reproduce the bug.
firefox-33.1.1-1

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