From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 26 04:25:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 205661065670 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:25:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (asmtp1.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A433B8FC16 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:25:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p9Q4PIBr000970; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:25:18 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (host-92-22-130-66.as13285.net [92.22.130.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p9Q4LWfX000363; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:25:16 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A15E533C1F; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:21:32 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:21:32 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Chuck Bacon Message-ID: <20111026042132.GB43990@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD_10_2011.pdf - typical problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:25:26 -0000 --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 06:16:04PM -0400, Chuck Bacon wrote: > > I often receive PDFs which die with gv. I have just downloaded the=20 > current copy of BSD_10_2011.pdf, with stats: > MD5 (BSD_10_2011.pdf) =3D 69c8b0be7c59870eb41e09b46fa568ba > -just so's you know. > This one causes gv to respond with: > Error: /syntaxerror in readxrefGNU Ghostscript 7.07: Unrecoverable=20 > error, exit code .. etc. > Some PDFs come through OK, but about half fail, often with different=20 > errors. I'm running: > FreeBSD tomato.local 8.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Sep=20 > 27 18:45:57 UTC=20 > 2011 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC=20 > amd64 > on an ASUS MB and AMD64 4x CPU. Any ideas? > As a retired sysadmin from the 1950s, I'm over my head but can't let go= =20 > :-) > So I need help sometimes :-( > Many thanks - Chuck Bacon Not sure why you're using gv. Try graphics/xpdf. Use xpdf to view the pdf and pdftops to convert it to postscript for printing. Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk6nissACgkQHduKvUAgeK41dQCg097R+MV/+cHCu+cHLlA+v9hp C6sAn2WBbtl1PMyluFuhbsRaeYDfunn+ =Q5V0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP--