From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 6 14:15:23 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32CB41D1 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2013 14:15:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DAFE71041 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2013 14:15:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop3.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop3.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D8CC82731C for ; Sat, 7 Dec 2013 00:09:41 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <52A1DAA5.7020304@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:09:41 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130530 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acroread9 crashed immediately after starting References: <20131205060844.75e94b4b@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20131205060844.75e94b4b@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 14:15:23 -0000 On 12/05/13 21:08, Jerry wrote: > System: FreeBSD 10.0-BETA3 #0 r257580 amd64 > > I have "acroread9" installed because I write and frequently need to fill > in online interactive PDF forms. > > I have Adobe Pro XI installed on a Windows 8.1 machine to create and > modify interactive PDFs. It is the only program that I am aware of that > can accomplish this. I was trying to to insure that the forms work > correctly under different OSs. Using Firefox and its built in PDF > program fails miserably. It cannot utilize the interactive properties of > the PDF. I installed acroread9, but it simply crashes a few seconds > after it starts. > > $ acroread9 > Fontconfig error: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element > Fontconfig error: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element > Fontconfig warning: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw unknown, expected number > Fontconfig error: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element > Fontconfig error: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element > Fontconfig warning: "/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw unknown, expected number > terminate called after throwing an instance of 'RSException' > > This is line 70: > This is line 78: > > From the /var/message log: > > Dec 5 05:45:33 scorpio kernel: linux: pid 31377 (acroread): syscall inotify_init not implemented > > Is this a known issue? If so, then why is the application in the ports > system if it will not run? If not, what do I have to do to get it to > run successfully? > Try ports@, or emulators@; but I did run this down about year or so ago (same symptoms) - although I don't remember the RSException - so check you're up to date. Also try ldd and see if it might be missing something else that wasn't missing last time. The inotify won't be an issue. That comes up with several applications, but is essentially harmless.