RE: xpdf hogging processor
> Hello,
> I've just tried to view the PDF at
> http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg36.pdf (1.5MB)
> with xpdf. It works fine until page 12, when the system slows to a crawl.
> top tells me that XFree is using 75-80% CPU and xpdf is using most of the
> rest. I left it running for a couple of minutes before killing it.
>
> gv shows the page fine (though it doesn't get page 1 right). I would have
> thought that my system (133MHz, 72MB) would be good enough to read a pdf,
> but ICBW. Does anyone with a higher-spec machine, and a few minutes to
> spare, want to take a look at the file and see if they have the same
> problem?
>
> Glyn
>
I downloaded the file locally, opened it with xpdf.
On page 12 it did take longer to show up than other pages, however it
only took about 2.6sec to display. The other pages about .3sec.
I used a stopwatch, so results are not exact.
My system is a Xeon 933, 758MB. Cheers.
Michael
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