Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 19:12:06 -0800 (PST) From: logue <logue@logues.rhn.orst.edu> To: Bruce Albrecht <bruce@zuhause.mn.org> Cc: Mostyn/Annabella <mrl@teleport.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Acrobat problems? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971118190822.4298A-100000@logues.rhn.orst.edu> In-Reply-To: <199711190147.TAA10035@zuhause.mn.org>
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On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Bruce Albrecht wrote: > Mostyn/Annabella writes: > > > > > > Is anyone else having problems running Acrobat 3.0 or 3.01 (Linux) on > > > -current? When I run 3.0, Acrobat tells me that it's trapped a > > > segfault on every pdf file I try, and 3.01 doesn't segfault, but the > > > display is all messed up. I'm running SMP from around 10/27 ......... > > > > I noticed the same thing on 2.2.5-STABLE a few days old. > > > > With a matrox millenium (MGA - SVGA server) and XFree86 3.3.1 and > > a bits per pixel depth of 24 (startx -- -bpp 24) the acrobat display > > is messed up with predominantly blue letters; but with pixel depths > > of 16 and 32, it's OK. > > Changing the pixel depth to 16 solved my problem. I'm not sure why, > but I can't get 1280x1024 with bpp 32 on my 4MB Matrox Millenium and > 17" Hitachi 611 monitor. > 1280x1024x32 would require 5 megs of video memory. However to operate at this, and still have room for other video buffers/caches, you need at least another meg for 6 total. Since these are oddball amounts - an 8 meg card would be the only realistic host for these specs. -STEVEl
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