Closed
Bug 152087
Opened 22 years ago
Closed 22 years ago
Mozilla will not start up on Mac OS 8.6
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
WORKSFORME
People
(Reporter: barkofdelight, Assigned: Matti)
Details
I have a Mac G4 running OS 8.6 I've checked the compatibility info that I can find and don't have any extensions or plugins that should cause trouble. I note with suspicion that the installer didn't give me a "installation was successful" message. It just quit (when it appeared to be done). Other than that, I don't have many clues. When I double-click on the program, it simply quits without any message or error. Sometimes it shows the flash screen and hangs. Once (and just once) it ran that error-reporting program to send info automatically, but I didn't do anything different so I don't know what caused that behavior. I'm sure I've got some incompatibility, but looking through the extensions I have they all seem pretty mainstream. I haven't tried booting from a CD or with extensions disabled. While that may provide some diagnostic information, I'm sure you understand it's not really a viable workaround if it succeeds. Thanks for any help. I use Mozilla at work on an Intel Linux machine and I love it! K.
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Comment 1•22 years ago
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Anybody reading this? Since posting this bug, I tried running Mozilla 1.0 on various Macs running OS 8.6, none of them can sucessfully launch. Is this simply an error in documentation? Perhaps OS 9 is required? Thanks,
Comment 2•22 years ago
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This works fine for me. Tested 1.0 and 1.1beta milestones on Mac OS 8.6. I've got all the latest updates for 8.6.
barkofdelight@yahoo.com, if you can, run the TalkBack application again and see if it still lists the report ID. If it does, let us know what it is.
Severity: normal → critical
Summary: Mozilla will not start up on my Macintosh → Mozilla will not start up on Mac OS 8.6
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Comment 4•22 years ago
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Right now I'm away from home, so I can't get additional information. Asa suggested I try updating Carbon Lib (It did have an update beyond the version released with 8.6) and I will try that when I can -- probably late in August.
Possible dup of bug 154932?
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Comment 6•22 years ago
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Tried upgrading to CarbonLib 1.4 (which is what the OS 9.2 system is using -- and Mozilla works there) but still it doesn't work. Any other guesses as to the offending library? Thanks,
barkofdelight@yahoo.com, you mentioned you're testing 1.0. There were some problems with Mozilla on Mac OS 8.6 that weren't fixed until after 1.0 shipped. Can you reproduce this using a more recent build, like 1.1b or a recent nightly?
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Comment 8•22 years ago
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Running 1.1b works just fine! (Now we're not sure if the carbon lib played a role or not.....) Thanks to all!
Comment 9•22 years ago
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wfm..
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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