Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:56:39 -0500 From: Nitebirdz <> To: Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RealPlayer 7 Message-ID: <20000426085639.D24791@coimbra> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004261354520.350-100000@moritz.alleswirdgelber> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004260850570.529-100000@moritz.alleswirdgelber> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004261354520.350-100000@moritz.alleswirdgelber>
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On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 01:57:34PM +0200, Heiko Recktenwald wrote: > Can anybody tell me what the "bad magic number" message means ? Does it > means, it is a linux binary and wants linux netscape ? Or is it just not > properly installed ? Hmm... > > Voila: > > ERROR: bad magic number in "/usr/local/lib/netscape/plugins/rpnp.so" > Cant load plugin /usr/local/lib/netscape/plugins/rpnp.so. Ignored. > > > Heiko > > The "bad magic number" error message happens quite often when the browser makes a call to the plugin for a file that is not in the correct format. In other words, it may happen if Netscape tries to send a non-RealAudio file to the RealAudio plugin, for instance. One of the possible causes is that the site you are trying to get the information from uses redirection. I'm not sure if this helps, since I don't know the context you're getting the message in. -- Nitebirdz "Open source tries to move software from a witchcraft to a science. People start discussing ideas and suddenly you don't have shamanistic companies telling you how it is." (Linus Torvalds) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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