i tried all three methods of installing acroread on ubuntu 13.10 amd64: from AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin, from AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb, and enabling the raring partner repo. in all cases i got the library dependencies fixed, so this is not a problem. the message "/usr/bin/acroread must be executed from the startup script." still appears, no matter what.
i have modified the /usr/bin/acroread startup script so that it ran full verbosity strace and later also ltrace. the outputs of both runs are attached. what was not visible in strace appeared in ltrace: the __xstat() call on /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux fails for unknown reason. i have checked all directory and file permissions in /opt/Adobe and should be fine. i also completely disabled apparmor, to no avail. the acroread refuses to start in saucy! i would not care much for this non-open source program, but, sorry to say, this is the only program which prints pdf files correctly, with all the necessary options that one needs. evince, okular etc, they all don't get the printer margins right, do not have shrink/fit to printable area etc and have erratic behavior for long/short edge binding, not to speak about the multiple-pages-per-sheet. please, fix the installation of acroread on ubuntu 13.10 and place it back to canonical partners...? ** Attachment added: "strace output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+bug/394488/+attachment/3972382/+files/strace.out.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical Partner Developers, which is subscribed to acroread in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394488 Title: acroread won't start: "/usr/bin/acroread must be executed from the startup script." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+bug/394488/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
