Re: Acroread broken?

[Adam Warner <lists@consulting.net.nz>]

On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 00:16, Arne Goetje wrote:
> > No common. A Google search turns up this advice:
> >
> > http://archive.osdlab.org/debian-user/Jul-2001/4261.html
> 
> yes... same problem...
> my X is running in 16bbp...

That should be OK then? The problem seems to have been reported with
24bpp (I run at 24bpp and have no problem).

Some more info:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=eec33ddccdd992ed&rnum=1

> I cannot even get the acrobat window to choose the settings... is there any 
> default configure file where I can uncheck the anti-aliasing?

acroread --helpall might give a clue:

    -visual <visual class> [depth=<depth>]
    -visual id=<visual id>
    -visual best
    -visual default
        Specifies a visual.

        In the first form, the visual class (specified by either
        its name or number) with an option depth determine the
        visual to use.

        In the second form, the visual id is specified. The prefix
        0x must be used for hexadecimal numbers.

        The third form uses an internal algorithm based on depth
        and visual class.

        The fourth form simply uses the default visual.

        Note that PseudoColor visuals of depth greater than 8,
        and DirectColor visuals are not supported.


Other possible solutions:

* Change your X display depth and try again.

* Do some searches on acroread and your display driver. Perhaps there is
an incompatibility in the driver.

That's about all I can suggest. If you don't find a solution (or you do
and the Debian developers should know about it) file a bug report:

http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting

And in the meantime use another PDF viewer such as gv or xpdf.

Regards,
Adam