Re: acroread,xpdf hassle
Glen Snyder wrote:
>I've only seen this problem on one computer I use at work, which is
>running potato. If I try to open a pdf with acroread, the text repeats
>itself and then wraps over onto itself, making the document unreadable
>(this is with any pdf file). If I try to advance to another page, it
>locks up, crashes, or I get a segmentation fault. I've tried to purge
>acroread and reinstall.I've also tried deleting .acrorc , but the
>problem still reoccurs.
>
>I have a vodoo3 card and a viewsonic A75f monitor if that matters...and
>I do not have any other problems with display on other programs.
You need to run your Xserver in 16bpp. Higher will really mess your
display. It seems that the guys at Adobe really optimized it for
16bpp and not higher...
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