problems getting flashplayer to load with RHEL 3.0 workstation (FOLLOWUP)

[Marvin Blackburn]

Someone from another list provided the answer.
load the compat-libstdc++ from redhat (i used up2date),
and this resolved my problem -- :)

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Marvin Blackburn
Systems Administrator
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-admin at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-admin at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Reuben D. Budiardja
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 3:23 PM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: problems getting flashplayer to load with RHEL 3.0
> workstation (FOLLOWUP)
> 
> 
> On Friday 20 February 2004 03:13 pm, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> > On Friday 20 February 2004 02:38 pm, Marvin Blackburn wrote:
> > > I keep getting this after installing Flash Player 6 plugins.
> > > People running redhat 8/9 do not have this problem.
> > >
> > > LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library
> > > /opt/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so 
> [libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot
> > > open shared object file: No such file or directory]
> > > [root at vger 13:34:25 /opt/mozilla/plugins]
> >
> > I just tried it with RHEL 3 and firefox, and I get the same 
> thing. I can't
> > find the ibstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 also, eventhough RH 7.x,8,9 has it.
> >
> > In RH 9 that file is provided by  compat-libstdc++-7.3 RPM. 
> I guess for
> > backward compatibility with RH 7.3. That RPM is not 
> included with RHEL 3.
> > There is also no SRPM for it in RHEL 3. Dang !!
> >
> > I guess you can ask what happen to it in the tarroon-list.
> 
> Just an idea, 
> Try either of the following:
> 1. Download the compat-libstdc++-7.3*.rpm from RH 9 and 
> install it under RHEL 
> 3. It may work.
> 2. Or, get the SRPM for compat-libstdc++-7.3 and rebuild then 
> install under 
> RHEL 3. 
> 
> Would you let me know if any of those work? The RHEL 3 
> machine that I have to 
> right now is a production machine and I'd rather reluctant to 
> play around 
> with it.
> 
> Thanks.
> RDB
> -- 
> Reuben D. Budiardja
> Department of Physics and Astronomy
> The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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