Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:31:50 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD_10_2011.pdf - typical problem Message-ID: <20111026143150.07752ba0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110251803500.1700@tomato.local> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110251803500.1700@tomato.local>
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:16:04 -0400 (EDT), Chuck Bacon wrote: > I often receive PDFs which die with gv. I have just downloaded the > current copy of BSD_10_2011.pdf, with stats: > MD5 (BSD_10_2011.pdf) = 69c8b0be7c59870eb41e09b46fa568ba > -just so's you know. > This one causes gv to respond with: > Error: /syntaxerror in readxrefGNU Ghostscript 7.07: Unrecoverable > error, exit code .. etc. > Some PDFs come through OK, but about half fail, often with different > errors. I'm running: > FreeBSD tomato.local 8.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Sep > 27 18:45:57 UTC > 2011 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > amd64 > on an ASUS MB and AMD64 4x CPU. Any ideas? > As a retired sysadmin from the 1950s, I'm over my head but can't let go > :-) > So I need help sometimes :-( > Many thanks - Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Yes, I sometimes see this behaviour with gv too. As I do not want to use heavyweight bloatware like that "Acrobat" reader, I use the xpdf program for the PDF files that don't work with gv. Maybe you try this program? And I also use xpdf -fullscreen for presentaqtions. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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