Re: Acroread segfault
Lo, on Wednesday, May 22, Michael Jinks did write:
> Hi, all. I'm mostly looking for tips on where to seek more info, since
> at this point I'm completely puzzled and lack the background to really
> dig into this issue.
>
> I've just set up the first of a batch of new Dell Optiplex GX240's,
> running Woody. These are going to be desktops for researchers, so
> reading PDF files is extremely important. Unfortunately, Acroread
> segfaults when it tries to display to the screen. It works fine when
> the display is exported elsewhere or to a VNC session; but it segfaults
> when I run the program on my own desktop and export the display to the
> new Dell. From all of that I surmise that the problem arises from an
> interaction between Acroread and the X driver which is actually painting
> the display on these machines.
I can't tell from the parts of your X log that you included, but what
color depth are you running on these machines? In my experience,
Acroread really doesn't like 24bit color at all; it's much happer in
either 16bit or 32bit.
Richard
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