Vimperator status bar empty

I have just installed Vimperator 3.8.2 on Firefox 32 (running Fedora 20). The status bar at the bottom of the window does not display any information in Normal mode , even though when I do :set status? I get status=input,location,bookmark,history,tabcount,position, Nor do I get the little highlighted Error indicator, or mode indicators when I enter Insert or Caret. Everything else seems to work ju