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Re:Ask HN: Can we talk about FreeBSD vs. Linux? by byuu on Saturday November 22, 2014 @04:27PM (#8646714)
Well, you can work around it (with no known downsides) by adding:

    export MOZ_DISABLE_IMAGE_OPTIMIZE=1
To the top of your ~/.xinitrc file. Kind of surprised PC-BSD doesn't do that for you. Probably should ask them to.
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Re:Ask HN: Can we talk about FreeBSD vs. Linux? by tedunangst on Saturday November 22, 2014 @04:38PM (#8646732)
IIRC that would sometimes lead to weird glitches like images with repeating static patterns, though perhaps those bugs have been fixed as well.
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Re:Ask HN: Can we talk about FreeBSD vs. Linux? by byuu on Saturday November 22, 2014 @05:41PM (#8646926)
Might have in the past, I have yet to see any rendering glitches from it.

Now, some of the about:config options that were proposed as alternate workarounds definitely caused very weird rendering glitches, but this one seems mostly side-effect free.

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Re:Ask HN: Can we talk about FreeBSD vs. Linux? by tedunangst on Saturday November 22, 2014 @05:52PM (#8646964)
You're right. I was thinking of gfx xrender.
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Re:Ask HN: Can we talk about FreeBSD vs. Linux? by mveety on Saturday November 22, 2014 @06:27PM (#8647055)
Bug still exists, but only shows up in fewer cases now.
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Re:Ask HN: Can we talk about FreeBSD vs. Linux? by morganvachon on Saturday November 22, 2014 @08:46PM (#8647498)
Surprisingly, PC-BSD doesn't generate a ~/.xinitrc file, I had to create one. I just put that line in mine, and restarted X. Seems to be working well, I loaded up a 4K image in Firefox with no stuttering, pausing, or other noticeable problems, and it definitely slowed the system to a crawl before making the change. Thanks!
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