Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:21:32 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD_10_2011.pdf - typical problem Message-ID: <20111026042132.GB43990@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110251803500.1700@tomato.local> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110251803500.1700@tomato.local>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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 > current copy of BSD_10_2011.pdf, with stats: > MD5 (BSD_10_2011.pdf) = 69c8b0be7c59870eb41e09b46fa568ba > -just so's you know. > This one causes gv to respond with: > Error: /syntaxerror in readxrefGNU Ghostscript 7.07: Unrecoverable > error, exit code .. etc. > Some PDFs come through OK, but about half fail, often with different > errors. I'm running: > FreeBSD tomato.local 8.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Sep > 27 18:45:57 UTC > 2011 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > 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 > :-) > So I need help sometimes :-( > Many thanks - Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> 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, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk6nissACgkQHduKvUAgeK41dQCg097R+MV/+cHCu+cHLlA+v9hp C6sAn2WBbtl1PMyluFuhbsRaeYDfunn+ =Q5V0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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