Thank you for confirming that I'm not going completely mad!
We've rolled back to version 5 where we can.
Cheers Don
Brett Davidson wrote:
Adobe has sucked big time since V7.0.5.
No matter the platform.
Brat.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 22 February 2007 2:47 p.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Ubuntu & Acroread Tip for the Day
Adobe Acroread 7.0.8 is buggy. It sits there chewing up 100% CPU.
The obvious solution is to upgrade to Acroreader 7.0.9 except.....
It doesn't work!
If you run the browser plugin the browser locks up.
if you run it from the command line it emits and endless stream of...
expr: syntax error
Solution:
su
cd /tmp
wget http://remi.collet.free.fr/files/acroread.patch
cd /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin
patch -b </tmp/acroread.patch
John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632
PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New Zealand
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