Strange pink counters in Thunderbird after auto-update to 38.1?!

After the auto-update of my Thunderbird-installation to version 38.1 I noticed strange pink counters in the upper left corner of every TB-window: Digging in the “config editor” settings brought the solution: For some reasons the variable “layers.acceleration.draw-fps” was set to “true”. After re-setting it to “false” the counters immediately disappeared again. Infos about how to… Continue reading Strange pink counters in Thunderbird after auto-update to 38.1?!

adobe download manager – white screen of death – a solution

Recently the adobe download manager that is used for updates like the flashplayer browserplugin, doesn’t work here any more. All that is displayed is a blank white screen just like this here: Unfortunately there is no public link to full “admin downloads” visible on adobe’s flashplayer website. I had to dig for quite a while… Continue reading adobe download manager – white screen of death – a solution