firefox/mozilla wont start

[Ryan Winograd]

im running 5.3 w/ KDE desktop and am having problems getting firefox and 
mozilla to start. when i try to start them from a terminal, nothing 
happens. there is no output. it simply skips to the next line and gives 
me a %. I have tried installing from package, port, and then 
resinstalling from both, but cant get anything to work. what am i 
missing here? I've never had this problem before!

thanks in advance for all help
Ryan w