On Thursday 13 February 2014 07:06 AM, Tim wrote: > I am trying to use acroread 9.5.5 only for its ability to display > animations. If I run: > > $ ACRODEBUG=1 ACRO_CRASHLOG=1 acroread > > and then try to open a file (or include the filename on the command > line), I simply get "Segmentation fault". If I try > > $ acroread -DEBUG acroread > > I get: > > Loading PlugIn /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/Annots.api > ... [dlopen success for Annots.ap940] > Loading PlugIn /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/EScript.api > ... [dlopen success for EScript.api, handle = 0xc60bf80] > Crashlog has been dumped in /tmp/acroCrashLogs/0212_2024_DKRaHb > > where the contents of the crashlog is > > /opt/bin/acroread [0x850ab41] [@0x8048000] > linux-gate.so.1(__kernel_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb77cd400] [@0xb77cd000] > > I noticed a bug concerning the use of glibc-2.18, but I am using 2.17. > I've run 'emerge @preserved-rebuild', nothing was built. I got a > confirmation from someone on IRC about a working, standard setup, so I'm > asking here rather than on the Adobe forums. > > Help!
I shouldn't be saying this, but is there any specific reason you're using acroread? It hasn't been updated for over 2 years now -- even if you manage to fix it now, it'll definitely break again in future when all dependencies move forward. The open source PDF readers like evince, okular, pdf.js (firefox/chromium) are decent enough.