problems with firefox 1.0

drysac · 11-13-2004, 09:40 PM

I downloaded firefox 1.0 and untarred it with ark and then installed it as root and then i logged back on to my user account and clicked on it and it tries to open it for 30 seconds or so and then quits. So then i tried to install it from my user account and it did the same thing but only tried to open it for 2 or 3 seconds

LavaDevil94 · 11-13-2004, 09:57 PM

Does it work as root? It could be a simple permissions problem. Try going to the directory where it's installed (in the console) and running the binary there, and post any error output it gives you.

The Chain · 11-13-2004, 10:12 PM

do you have a swap partition?

kajayr · 11-14-2004, 02:37 AM

I install firefox 1.0 as root. Firefox worked ok.
To make it work for individual users, I copied the /root/.mozilla/firefox dir to all users, chown as necessary.
Also deleted /usr/bin/firefox and replaced with ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Once firefox is working, use tools to import mozilla prefrences

Hope this helps... but should not be required!

drysac · 11-14-2004, 08:33 AM

It does work in root but when i went to do the binary command it said:

[root@localhost Firefox]# binary
bash: binary: command not found

I do have a swap partition

there is no file in /usr/bin/ called firefox

animehair · 11-14-2004, 09:09 AM

ok, i wouild start over and attempt to find the RPM for mandrake and install it that way.

drysac · 11-15-2004, 01:02 PM

I downloaded the rpm and opened it and it said everthing already installed. So i went to rpmdrake to remove it and it didn't have it there. So i removed every file that i could find that pertained to firefox then tried installing it from the rpm again and it said the same thing......Now What?