Someone from another list provided the answer. load the compat-libstdc++ from redhat (i used up2date), and this resolved my problem -- :) ------------------ Marvin Blackburn Systems Administrator Glen Raven "He's no failure. He's not dead yet" --William Lloyd George > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Reuben D. Budiardja > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 3:23 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > 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@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 > --------------------------------------------------------- > "To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy > something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy > Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional > side effect." > - Linus Torvalds - > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list