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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
