Re: Firefox won't load

Brion Vibber wrote:
> Don Stefani wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
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.
> 
> * 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)