From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 24 11:12:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B95B106566B for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:12:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A25C8FC13 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:12:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwaa18 with SMTP id a18so1145581gwa.13 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:12:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.202.21 with SMTP id z21mr10474176ybf.419.1287918720500; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:12:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-071-077-039-064.nc.res.rr.com [71.77.39.64]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h1sm5443484yba.2.2010.10.24.04.11.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:11:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D65F2E54846; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:11:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:11:57 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20101024071157.47936259@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20101023203537.GA37948@freebsd.org> References: <20101023072527.4f414256@scorpio> <20101023203537.GA37948@freebsd.org> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: hrs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: acroread9 crashing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:12:01 -0000 On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:35:37 +0000 Alexander Best articulated: > On Sat Oct 23 10, Jerry wrote: > > FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE /amd64 > > > > I continue to have a problem getting acroread9 to run. > > > > 1) It will not create its directory in my home directory. > > > > :1: error: unexpected character `\1', expected keyword - e.g. > > `style' Acroread was unable to create the directory .adobe in your > > home directory. There may be a permission problem with the parent > > directory. Acroread was unable to create the > > directory /home/gerard/.adobe/Acrobat in your home directory. There > > may be a permission problem with the parent directory. Acroread was > > unable to create the directory /home/gerard/.adobe/Acrobat in your > > home directory. There may be a permission problem with the parent > > directory. Acroread was unable to create the > > directory /home/gerard/.adobe/Acrobat in your home directory. There > > may be a permission problem with the parent directory. Acroread was > > unable to create the directory /home/gerard/.adobe/Acrobat in your > > home directory. There may be a permission problem with the parent > > directory. Acroread was unable to create the > > directory /home/gerard/.adobe/Acrobat in your home directory. There > > may be a permission problem with the parent directory. Acroread was > > unable to create the directory /home/gerard/.adobe/Acrobat in your > > home directory. There may be a permission problem with the parent > > directory. > > > > The directory permissions are normal and no other program has ever > > complained about it. I even tried giving it 0777 permissions without > > success. So, I manually create the directory structure it appears to > > want. > > > > 2) Now I manually start acroread9 again: > > > > Error message: > > > > :1: error: unexpected character `\1', expected keyword - e.g. > > `style' > > > > Next License agreement displays and I choose > > > > Main program windows pops up for 1 second and then disappears > > > > This is now displayed: > > > > terminate called after throwing an instance of 'RSException' > > > > 3) From the "Security Run Output" received every morning, this > > excerpt: > > > > +linux: pid 17352 (acroread): syscall inotify_init not implemented > > > > I have tried doing a complete 'pkg_delete" of the program and then > > reinstalling it without any success. > > > > I wanted to use 'gdb' to try to debug the program; however, it > > throws an error message also: > > > > gdb acroread9 > > GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD] > > Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, > > and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it > > under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. > > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for > > details. This GDB was configured as > > "amd64-marcel-freebsd"..."/usr/local/bin/acroread9": not in > > executable format: File format not recognized > > > > (gdb) run > > Starting program: > > No executable file specified. > > Use the "file" or "exec-file" command. > > > > I tried using the "file" command; however, that also throws an > > error, probably because I am using the wrong syntax. > > > > I am open to any suggestions. I tried Googling without any great > > success. Evidently, many others have experienced this problem also. > > I have not seen a concrete solution posted for it. This problem was > > reported over a year ago, and perhaps more from what I have been > > able to discover. If it is a universal problem in FreeBSD, then > > perhaps the port should be marked "Broken". If not, then why does > > it work on some systems and not others? From what I have been able > > to ascertain, many users have never gotten it to work and have just > > given up on it. > > > > I have used truss to capture the output if anyone wants to view it. > > the freebsd linux emulator is missing support for the inotify_init > syscall. you won't be able to use acroread9, until it gets > implemented. > > right now i guess it returns ENOSYS to any linux app making use of > it. you might be able to work around this problem by replacing ENOSYS > with 0. however since no actual work is being done i suspect this > won't make acroread9 run properly. > > you might want to drop Roman Divacky (rdivacky@) a note. he may have > some experimental patches at hand. Thanks Alex, I was beginning to think that, that might be the problem. What I do not understand is why the port is not marked "broken". That would certainly make more sense than having users waste their time attempting to get a port to run when it cannot be made to do so. Perhaps the port maintainer would care to comment on this. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Old programmers never die, they just become managers.