[NTLUG:Discuss] RH 7.2 and multiple Netscape

[Fred James]

/dev contains 5067 entries
4981 are dated Aug 30 2001
50 are dated Aug 8 2002
13 are dated Aug 11 2002
1 is dated Dec 14 this year
21 are dated today - 1 at 8:34; 1 at 14:26; 18 at 14:34-5; 1 at 18:51
I have attached a text file listing the latest 24 entries
Adding Netscape 7.01 is the only thing new, and the sound stuff worked 
before the installation.


Darin W. Smith wrote:

> 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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