Closed Bug 714991 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

My computer will not accept Firefox update

Categories

(Core :: General, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
General
Platform:
PowerPC
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: fredpmcnulty, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2.21) Gecko/20110830 Firefox/3.6.21 Build ID: 20110830092825 Steps to reproduce: I can't update Firefox on my computer and can't get help because I don't have new version. My computer:Hardware Overview: Machine Name: iMac Machine Model: PowerMac4,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 800 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB Memory: 768 MB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.5.1f1 47GB available on HD Mac OSX 10.4.11 According to your requirements this should work but does not Actual results: I can't update Firefox on my computer and can't get help because I don't have new version. My computer:Hardware Overview: Machine Name: iMac Machine Model: PowerMac4,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 800 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB Memory: 768 MB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.5.1f1 47GB available on HD Mac OSX 10.4.11 According to your requirements this should work but does not Expected results: I can't update Firefox on my computer and can't get help because I don't have new version. My computer:Hardware Overview: Machine Name: iMac Machine Model: PowerMac4,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 800 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB Memory: 768 MB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.5.1f1 47GB available on HD Mac OSX 10.4.11 According to your requirements this should work but does not
The requirements at http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/system-requirements.html state that OS X 10.5 or greater is required. You might give the unofficial 10.4 port a try: http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Worse yet, I believe current Firefox versions no longer support PPC processors, only Intel ones. Again, TenFourFox is the way to go for PPC support.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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