Acrobat Reader Bug in RC1?
Hi there, I am new to the list & Linux so I wanted to ask you a question before filing a bug report. Under RC1 (i586), it takes roughly 80 seconds to load Acrobat Reader on my Dell Latitude D600 (just the application, without opening any pdf). This is roughly four times as long as it took under SUSE Linux 10.0. My question is: is it appropriate to file a bug report about this, given that Acrobat is just an add-on product? Thanks, Joachim Goeschel
On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 15:21 -0400, malzfreund@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi there,
I am new to the list & Linux so I wanted to ask you a question before filing a bug report. Under RC1 (i586), it takes roughly 80 seconds to load Acrobat Reader on my Dell Latitude D600 (just the application, without opening any pdf). This is roughly four times as long as it took under SUSE Linux 10.0. My question is: is it appropriate to file a bug report about this, given that Acrobat is just an add-on product?
Thanks,
Joachim Goeschel
Try downloading the Linux acrobat directly from Adobe and see if it does the same thing. Also, note if it consistently takes 80 seconds, or if it's only after a reboot. A bug report probably won't do much good, since Adobe is a proprietary, binary only package. Basically that means SUSE can't really do anything about it even if there is something wrong. From the RPM description: --- However, there are security leaks and other bugs that cannot be fixed because the Adobe license forbids us to "modify the Software in any way." See http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrdistribute.html --- You may want to give kpdf a try, or contact Adobe. Thanks, Chad
Try downloading the Linux acrobat directly from Adobe and see if it does the same thing. Also, note if it consistently takes 80 seconds, or if it's only after a reboot.
A bug report probably won't do much good, since Adobe is a proprietary, binary only package. Basically that means SUSE can't really do anything about it even if there is something wrong. From the RPM description: --- However, there are security leaks and other bugs that cannot be fixed because the Adobe license forbids us to "modify the Software in any way." See http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrdistribute.html ---
You may want to give kpdf a try, or contact Adobe.
Thanks, Chad
Thanks. Problem occurs only if I invoke Acrobat after reboot (i.e., "acroread", wait ~80 sec until it runs, Ctrl-C, again "acroread", then it pops up instantaneously). It's the same thing if I reinstall the binary after downloading it from Adobe. Nevertheless, I admit it's a *very* minor issue. Opensuse 10.1 is great - everything else seems very polished & things are running smoothly despite RC1 not being the final version! Joachim
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 09:16:31PM -0400, malzfreund@googlemail.com wrote:
Try downloading the Linux acrobat directly from Adobe and see if it does the same thing. Also, note if it consistently takes 80 seconds, or if it's only after a reboot.
A bug report probably won't do much good, since Adobe is a proprietary, binary only package. Basically that means SUSE can't really do anything about it even if there is something wrong. From the RPM description: --- However, there are security leaks and other bugs that cannot be fixed because the Adobe license forbids us to "modify the Software in any way." See http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrdistribute.html ---
You may want to give kpdf a try, or contact Adobe.
Thanks, Chad
Thanks.
Problem occurs only if I invoke Acrobat after reboot (i.e., "acroread", wait ~80 sec until it runs, Ctrl-C, again "acroread", then it pops up instantaneously).
It's the same thing if I reinstall the binary after downloading it from Adobe.
Nevertheless, I admit it's a *very* minor issue. Opensuse 10.1 is great - everything else seems very polished & things are running smoothly despite RC1 not being the final version!
How much fonts do you have installed? Is this a 64bit system? Ciao, Marcus
On 4/18/06, Marcus Meissner
How much fonts do you have installed? Is this a 64bit system?
Ciao, Marcus
This is a 32bit system, as detailed in the initial posting. I only have the fonts installed that come with the standard/default KDE installation (a quick look at Yast2 revealed that maybe 12 or 13 font packages are installed). Best, Joachim
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