[Scribus] acroread silently exits

Gregory Pittman gpittman
Sat Jan 6 17:04:49 CET 2007


Frank Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:59:39 -0500
> Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> My guess is it's a typo -- maybe copy this acroread from one of the 
>> computers where it's working? Keep in mind /usr/bin/acroread is just a 
>> link to the 'real' file.
>>     
>
> I actually did it twice.  Installed the rpm, edited /usr/bin/acroread.  Typed
> acroread and no joy.  Removed ~/.adobe just in case.  Tried again, no joy.
>
> Checked /usr/bin/acroread for typos in the changes that I made, didn't see any.
>
> rpm -e AdobeReader_enu
> rpm -i AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1.i386.rpm 
>
> Made the changes in /usr/bin/acroread again.
>
> Still no joy.  Gave up and decided to ask here.
>
>   
Did you try copying the acroread file from another computer where it 
works? It's not a very big file, just a script actually. It's sounding 
like the problem is not with Adobe Reader itself.

Have you scoured your computer to make sure you don't have another 
acroread lurking somewhere?

Greg



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