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[Christopher Chavez <chrischavez@xxxxxx>]

As I reported upstream (mozilla-bugs:1005501), the bug is due to xserver-xorg-video-intel, and was fixed somewhere between 2:2.99.910 and 2:2.99.911 (c.f. freedesktop:79165).
The bug is therefore already fixed in 14.10, so it should be fixed in 14.04 once the 14.04.2 point release is published (i.e. "xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-utopic" becomes available on trusty-updates) on 5 February 2015. I don't see a 12.04.6 point release scheduled, however, so if 12.04.5 is affected, upgrading to 14.04.2 may be necessary.
Aside from using ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa (dangerous) and xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-utopic on ppa:canonical-x/x-staging (which doesn't look meant for general or even troubleshooting use), I otherwise don't know how to obtain a packaged fix ahead of time for 14.04 or at all for 12.04. Maybe someone at Ubuntu-X can help.

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #79165
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79165

** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel via
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79165
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Adressbox Entries unreadable: Grey/Black Mask overlaying text

Status in X.org xf86-video-intel:
  Unknown
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Labtop: Asus M2400, 512MB RAM, Pentium M "Banias" using "forcepae".
  OS: Xubuntu 14.04, all updates up to May 1, 2014.
  Application: Firefox 29, version "29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"

  Updated Firefox to Firefox 29 by automatic software update. Restarted
  firefox, now all the HTTP address entries in the address box are
  unreadable; it looks like they are masked by a black or grey/black
  mask. This independent of address and website.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: firefox 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  tschmid    1708 F.... pulseaudio
                        lightdm    5509 F.... pulseaudio
  BuildID: 20140428194004
  Channel: Unavailable
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Thu May  1 10:24:14 2014
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
  ForcedLayersAccel: False
  IfupdownConfig:
   # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-19 (11 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.254.10 dev eth1  proto static 
   192.168.254.0/24 dev eth1  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.254.100  metric 9
  NoProfiles: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
  SourcePackage: firefox
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  WifiSyslog:
   
  dmi.bios.date: 03/08/2004
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 0208
  dmi.board.name: M2N
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0208:bd03/08/2004:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnM2N:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnM2N:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: M2N
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

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