On Linux platform, Firefox only opens up a blank window with no place for a URL

I have an older Red Hat version of Linux which has worked fine for about seven years now. I have not done any updating since then, I must admit, since I seldomly use this platform for dowloading and searching gene databases. Now whether I call up Firefox from the taskbar or from the dropdown menu, I just get a blank window, if anything, even when I log in as Root. So I cannot access the Internet from this platform.

That version of RedHat may not support Firefox 4 or 5. You may need to go back to Firefox 3.6.x, or maybe even Firefox 2, depending upon which version of RedHat you have.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/5.0/system-requirements/ 
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0/system-requirements/ 
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6/system-requirements/ 
Requirements for Firefox 3.0, 3.5, and 3.6 are basically the same.

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