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Originally Posted by signum
OK, next step. Start Firefox from the command line in "safe mode" -
firefox -safe-mode
and see if the black bar still appears. This is not something you want to use all the time, it's just to narrow down the problem to see if it's fixable in a certain way. The safe mode will disable all extensions, themes, file associations, user customizations, etc., basically resetting it to factory defaults. But only temporarily - i.e., for the duration of the session. Nothing is changed on the disk.
(edit) When you start Firefox in safe mode, you'll get a popup window with a choice of "Reset Firefox" or "Start in Safe Mode" buttons. Click on "Start in Safe Mode" at this time. "Reset" is a serious commitment.
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Thanks signum. Tried it but no luck (see screenshots).
I did notice one thing though, maybe two. One is that
sometimes the first page that opens (the Firefox default page) has no black bar in the address bar. The other thing is when I put the cursor in the blacked-out address bar and go left or right (depending whether I start on the left or right), it removes the black line.
And thx for telling me about "Reset." (I'm not one for serious commitments.
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