[NTLUG:Discuss] Netscape 4.73 RPM

[Bobby L. Sanders]

--On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 17:12:59 -0500, Joey_Berry at compusa.com said:

 JB> After getting the updates for my RH 6.2 box and installing them
 JB> Netscape does not open. After executing the shortcut for Netscape
 JB> it is running in top using 100% of my CPU however the app does
 JB> not open "at least that I can see". I used rpm -U to upgrade the
 JB> packages. I am open to any advice.



 JB> _______________________________________________
 JB> http://ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

See following RH Bug track which I just got. Perhaps it is relevant to 
you problem.

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Bobby

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                   Red Hat, Inc. Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis:          New Plugger package available
Advisory ID:       RHBA-2000:033-02
Issue date:        2000-06-07
Updated on:        2000-06-07
Product:           Red Hat Powertools
Keywords:          bus error Netscape
Cross references:  N/A
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1. Topic:

Netscape crashes with a bus error when Plugger is installed.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Powertools 6.1 - i386 sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - i386 sparc

3. Problem description:

Some users have reported that Netscape crashes with a bus error after Plugger is installed. We have not been able to reproduce this. A probable cause is the use of a debug file in /tmp. The new package does not make use of the debug file.

4. Solution:

For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filename]

where filename is the name of the RPM.

Some users have also reported upgrading Netscape to 4.73 fixes the problem without upgrading Plugger.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):

11467 - plugger-3.2-2.i386.rpm causes Bus error in Netscape
11936 - plugger creates /tmp/ndebug or crashes (bus error)

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Powertools 6.2:

intel:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/powertools/6.2/i386/plugger-3.2-4.i386.rpm

sparc:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/powertools/6.2/sparc/plugger-3.2-4.sparc.rpm

sources:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/powertools/6.2/SRPMS/plugger-3.2-4.src.rpm

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name
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c874c0debc8c44a958d84efa291c4aba  6.2/SRPMS/plugger-3.2-4.src.rpm
1083569be0f9a9223a7cc1c2a2691574  6.2/i386/plugger-3.2-4.i386.rpm
c1c3135b74b20af5dece75b62428cfc9  6.2/sparc/plugger-3.2-4.sparc.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security.  Our key
is available at:
    http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html

You can verify each package with the following command:
    rpm --checksig  <filename>

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
    rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename>

8. References:

N/A