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Don Stefani - 10 Nov 2004 03:19 GMT

I have recently began using a Mac, I am running 10.3.6 on a new G5.
Every time I try to install firefox it bounces once in the dock and goes
away. There is no profile in /Library/Application Support/ either in my
User account or on the root.

I've tried this so many times that I can't remeber if the first time I
tried installing it I clicked on the icon in the mounted installer
image. I may have done this, but I have tried repairing permissions,
searching for all things mozilla and firefox and deleting them and then
reinstalling. I have just tried it again with the latest version. (the
one offered as current, not a nightly build)

I would really like to get firefox going, it has to be something on my
end, since I see that others are using it on this version of OSX.

This really stinks!

- dstefani

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Brion Vibber - 10 Nov 2004 07:27 GMT

> I've tried this so many times that I can't remeber if the first time I
> tried installing it I clicked on the icon in the mounted installer
> image. I may have done this, but I have tried repairing permissions,
> searching for all things mozilla and firefox and deleting them and then
> reinstalling. I have just tried it again with the latest version. (the
> one offered as current, not a nightly build)

A few things to check:

* Did you copy the Firefox application from the disk image onto your
hard drive? I believe it won't work if you try to run it directly from
the disk image.

* Are you running as an admin user account or a non-privileged user?

* Try running 'Console' (in /Applications/Utilities), see if any
messages show up while you try to start up Firefox.

* If Console doesn't work, try from Terminal (also in
/Applications/Utilities). Try executing the program by the full path
directly, eg:
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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Don Stefani - 10 Nov 2004 12:10 GMT

>> I've tried this so many times that I can't remeber if the first time I
>> tried installing it I clicked on the icon in the mounted installer
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> hard drive? I believe it won't work if you try to run it directly from
> the disk image.

I may have done this the first time, Mac newbie, but never since.

> * Are you running as an admin user account or a non-privileged user?

I'm running as the original user when I set up the machine out of the
box a week ago, when I install certain apps it asks me to give the root
password, does this mean I'm not running as the admin?

I also created a root(su) password

I try the suggestions below.

Thanks,

dstefani

> * Try running 'Console' (in /Applications/Utilities), see if any
> messages show up while you try to start up Firefox.
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>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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Firefox won't load