BTW, do you guys have the "remember last viewed page" pref set? And if you have, does it make a difference when you turn that off?
Christiaan On Aug 7, 2010, at 19:59, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Aug 7, 2010, at 18:52, Herbert Huber wrote: > >> Hi Christiaan, >> >> to my greatest regret: I got the gray, last page again. >> Although I have installed the testversion and although up till this hour >> everything went fine, now I have that effect again. >> Is there anything I can do or just wait for the next version and hope it >> will be OK then? >> >> Best regards >> Servus, tschau, bye >> Herbert Huber >> http://www.gavagai.de >> > > As the test version didn't work, there won't be much of a chance that the > next version will have it fixed, because I haven't got the slightest clue > what causes it. As I said, the bug is almost certainly a system bug that's > restricted to PPC, I don't have such a computer anymore to test. It's like > looking for a needle in a haystack while you can't see the haystack, which is > useless. > > Christiaan > >> >> Am 05.08.2010 um 22:45 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: >> >>> >>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 20:01, Herbert Huber wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Christiaan, >>>> >>>> no pdf of the ones opening with a gray page has a TOC or – as far as I >>>> know – anything special. >>>> Just now SKIM opened a 4 page pdf with a gray page. >>>> But then I installed the SKIM test version you provided and it works! >>>> That is no guarantee (because the old version also opened sometimes >>>> correctly), but it looks OK. >>> >>> I think David Garboczi did get the same problems with the test version; is >>> that correct? >>> >>> In this test version I reverted the only change in 1.3.7 that could affect >>> loading in any way, AFAICS. So if the test version does not fix it, I have >>> absolutely no clue. >>> >>>> The test version is 1.3.7 (55). Is that different ot the one I had 10 >>>> minutes ago? >>>> >>> >>> Yea, I did not bump the version number(s). >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >>>> Servus, tschau, bye >>>> Herbert Huber >>>> http://www.gavagai.de >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Am 03.08.2010 um 20:47 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 3, 2010, at 20:40, Herbert Huber wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi David, >>>>>> could it be that you have the same effect as I do? >>>>>> Does Skim show you an empty bray page and in the header is the number of >>>>>> the last page? >>>>>> I, too, experienced: sometimes SKIM does it OK, sometimes I only get a >>>>>> gray page (from the very same pdf). >>>>>> best regards >>>>>> Servus, tschau, bye >>>>>> Herbert Huber >>>>>> http://www.gavagai.de >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It sounds like the same problem, whatever it is. Is there something >>>>> special with these PDFs? Do they have a TOC (or not)? Are they encrypted >>>>> (which is not the same as whether they require a password)? >>>>> >>>>> I put a test version to test something out on >>>>> http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/Skim.dmg, does this have this problem? >>>>> (This is not a fix, it's only to test something out). >>>>> >>>>> Christiaan >>>>> >>>>>> Am 03.08.2010 um 17:17 schrieb David Garboczi: >>>>>> >>>>>>> PDF opens and is in the list under the Window menu, but is invisible. >>>>>>> Also pdf is scrolled to the last page as window heading says (page >>>>>>> last of last). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 10.5.8, PPC G4, Version 1.3.7 (55) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Attached is one such pdf. It will open with Adobe. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I restart Skim, the attached pdf will open in Skim. But it won't >>>>>>> be visible immediately after download. 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