Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:14:51 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Subject: Re: BSD_10_2011.pdf - typical problem Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110260810100.87156@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20111026143150.07752ba0.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110251803500.1700@tomato.local> <20111026143150.07752ba0.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:16:04 -0400 (EDT), 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> > > Yes, I sometimes see this behaviour with gv too. > As I do not want to use heavyweight bloatware like > that "Acrobat" reader, I use the xpdf program for > the PDF files that don't work with gv. Maybe you > try this program? Updating ghostscript 7.07 to either 8 or 9 is also worth a try.
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