225184 - Mozilla 1.5 installs for Windows98 but won't run. 1.4.1 installed with an error but seems to run fine.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[J N]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031008
Build Identifier: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.5/mozilla-win32-1.5-installer.exe

Executing the installation program downloaded from the URL above resulted in
appearing that everything installed properly, but then when Mozilla was run, it
would appear to start and then stop.  Searching in the task manager for a
currently running instance revealed nothing.  Finally, in frustration, I
downloaded version 1.4.1 and was happy to find that it installed without a hitch.
This is windows 98, not 98SE;  I noticed on the page to download 1.5 that the
minimum requirement appears to be 98SE, however, 1.4.1 worked properly.  If 1.5
is not meant for 98, perhaps the installer should check and post a message
saying so.
I should also mention that I had to reinstall Mozilla because I had to reinstall
win98.  I installed it into a different directory, so no existing settings
should have caused problems.  To ensure this, I archived and deleted the
pre-existing windows directory, reinstalled, and then tried to run it again.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download from URL above
2. Execute installation
3. Execute mozilla from any icons created by installation

Actual Results:  
nothing.  (It appeared to start but never came up -- not even the splash screen
showed.


No information was given, either in a DOS box using start command, or using GUI.

Comment 1

[Hermann Schwab]

I´m running on a Win98 box with 96 MB of RAM, 1.5 is working, and I´m commenting
this with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031030.
Did you use the same old profile, and did you have extensions installed?
In the last phase of installing, you are asked to select a profile, or start.
There you should start 'Manage Profiles' and then create a new one, just for test.

Comment 2

[J N]

I don't believe that I saw a screen concerning profiles.  However, icons were
created, which I thought was the last thing an installation program does.  There
was no "old profile", unless NS 4.07 uses the same profile settings as Mozilla
1.5.  While it was a reinstallation, it was not (in effect) an reinstallation
into an OS that had previously had Mozilla installed (or anything but IE6.0 and
NS 4.07 installed.) 

Comment 3

[OstGote!]

Reporter, still a problem with Mozilla 1.6 final or 1.7 alpha/beta release? If
not, please resolve this bug as WORKSFORME.

Comment 4

[OstGote!]

No response. Marking WFM.