Dear Ivan, Thank you so much for your help. I have now installed Acrobat Reader 9 and made it the default program for opening pdf files.
Cheers, John. John Hannah B.A.Hons., M.Sc. > Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:41:52 +0000 > From: ivan.we...@iee.org > To: john_hannah...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 389182] Re: pdf files appears blank - were OK in Adobe Acrobat > in Windows XP > > This was my first ever bug report on Launchpad. I did not intentionally > convert it to a question. If this was something that I did > unintentionally then please accept my apologies. I would like to > understand how I did it to prevent it happening again. > > I have attached the link the the question #74686 on evince in ubuntu for > convenience: > > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+question/74686 > > Status: Answered => Solved > > Note the "solution" works fine for me which was to install Adobe Acrobat > 9 in Jaunty (credit due to actionparsnip for the suggestion). > > Evince and XPDF still have exactly the same issue which may still be > relevant to others. I also tried to view the same problem pdf files > Xubuntu Intrepid, Ubuntu Fiesty and AntiX-M8 all with the same problem > so clearly this is not a recent development limited to latest versions > in Jaunty. > > -- > pdf files appears blank - were OK in Adobe Acrobat in Windows XP > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389182 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “evince” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: evince > > Single blank page shown in thumbnail, Evince and XPDF. Affects some but not > all pdf files while running Ubuntu 9.04. > > Some pdf files are multiple pages when viewed in Adobe Acrobat 7.0 under > Windows 2000 & XP. All display normally. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince > Package: evince 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: evince > Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686 _________________________________________________________________ View photos of singles in your area Click Here http://dating.ninemsn.com.au/search/search.aspx?exec=go&tp=q&gc=2&tr=1&lage=18&uage=55&cl=14&sl=0&dist=50&po=1&do=2&trackingid=1046138&r2s=1&_t=773166090&_r=WLM_EndText -- pdf files appears blank - were OK in Adobe Acrobat in Windows XP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389182 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
