[xubuntu-users] xpdf: segmentation fault

[Joshua O'Leary]

On 09/05/12 20:27, Luna Moon wrote:
> On 05/09/2012 11:39 AM, Joshua O'Leary wrote:
>> On 08/05/12 22:27, Wybo Dekker wrote:
>>> I run xubuntu 12.04 and xpdf produces a segmentation fault on all pdfs:
>>>
>>> $ xpdf main.pdf
>>> ***** MediaBox = ll:0,0 ur:595.276,841.89
>>> ***** CropBox = ll:0,0 ur:595.276,841.89
>>> ***** Rotate = 0
>>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>>
>>> Is there a solution for this?
>> I've found the same problem:
>>
>> **** MediaBox = ll:0,0 ur:612,792
>> ***** CropBox = ll:0,0 ur:612,792
>> ***** Rotate = 0
>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>
>> Segfaults are almost impossible to fix without recompiling and fixing 
>> the code. You may be best off using evince, or zathura, another 
>> lightweight PDF viewer.
>>
> I have yet to try it but you can get the official Adobe Reader from 
> Adobe.  Though I might need to install it because some people who send 
> me pdfs does not show all the information on evince and so on.
> ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.1/enu/
>
Adobe will eventually discontinue support of Linux completely, so whilst 
it may work now, the official reader will be of no use in the future.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/adobe-abandons-linux/10418
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