[NTLUG:Discuss] RH 7.2 and multiple Netscape

[Darin W. Smith]

oops, sent my reply from the wrong account yet again...

The messages you've included seem to indicate that your modules do not 
match the kernel you are running.

What else have you updated besides Netscape?  I don't know of any reason 
why installing Netscape would break kernel modules or would mess up 
anything under /dev.

If your modules and kernel do not match enough for the modules to be depmod 
or insmod'ed, then device files which interface to those modules (read, 
"device drivers") won't be able to be opened.  If you use devfs, the device 
files won't even exist.

Do a uname -a and see what that gives you.  Also, look at the dates on the 
modules.  They should've been built together and will have varying, but 
close, timestamps.  Compare that with the date on the kernel image you are 
booting (say...  /boot/vmlinuz or similar).

--Darin

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:55:12 -0600, Fred James <fredjame at concentric.net> 
wrote:

> Sorry - I guess I wasn't too clear - I cannot access these items from the 
> menu, as in attemting to play a CD for example ("no such device" and "no 
> permissions" type errors).  I also have a new bunch of errors in my 
> startup (var/log/messages), such as the attached text file
>
>
>
> jeremyb at univista.com wrote:
>
>> It sounds like you just need to move the plugins from the previous 
>> Netscape
>> into
>> 7.01's plugins dir.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fred James [mailto:fredjame at concentric.net] Sent: Monday, February 
>> 10, 2003 4:41 PM
>> To: Discuss North Texas Linux Users Group
>> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] RH 7.2 and multiple Netscape
>>
>>
>> I have messed things up so I may have to reinstall my OS, but...
>>
>> The mess-up - installed Netscape 7.01 and lost access to a bunch of 
>> multimedia stuff (sound, mixer, etc.)
>>
>> The need - Between the bank, my employer, and my personal needs, I have 
>> to run several different release levels of browser: in total: Netscape 
>> 4.7x, 6.3.x, and 7.x.  But I need these to be separate - not 
>> overlapping, or changing each other (am I saying that right?).
>>
>> Anyway - any advise would be appreciated.
>> Thanks.
>>
>



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Darin W. Smith
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