Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:03:38 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: acroread9 crashing Message-ID: <20101024030338.GC1374@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20101023072527.4f414256@scorpio> References: <20101023072527.4f414256@scorpio>
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On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 07:25:27AM -0400, 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. I have not been able to get acroread to work. I gave up and use XPDF which does what I need, though minimally. ////jerry > > :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 <accept> > > 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. > > -- > Jerry ??? > FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. > __________________________________________________________________ > > "We're going to have the best educated American people in the world." > > George W. Bush > September 21, 1997 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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