From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 23 11:25:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB870106564A for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F5C68FC18 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:25:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk2 with SMTP id 2so1275632gxk.13 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:25:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.46.15 with SMTP id y15mr8389498ybj.289.1287833130408; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:25:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-071-077-039-064.nc.res.rr.com [71.77.39.64]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t9sm4396599ybe.9.2010.10.23.04.25.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:25:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0DAC3E54846 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:25:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:25:27 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20101023072527.4f414256@scorpio> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: acroread9 crashing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:25:31 -0000 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. :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 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