Thad Nielsen writes: : Dean S. Messing [deanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote: : > : > I'm unable to get Adobe `acroread' to run within Mozilla. : > Would someone who knows give me some pointers please? : > : > I'm running an up-to-date FC5 system. Selinux is disabled. Both : > `acroread' and `mozilla-acroread' are installed (from the Dries : > repository). And I've verified that acroread works from the : > commandline. : > : > Yet when I try to view a .pdf from w/in mozilla, I get nothing. On a : > large .pdf, I can see mozilla taking time to read the file in, but : > then I just get a blank mozilla window. acroread is not being started : > at all. : > : > How do I begin to debug this? : > : > Thanks : > Dean : > : : Dean, I also run an uptodate FC5 with selinux disabled. I am running : mozilla 1.7.13-1.1.fc5 and AdobeReader_enu 7.05.-1 from Adobe itself. : I have no trouble opening PDF files from within mozilla. Sorry that I : know nothing of the Dries repository. You might examine your : /var/log/messages file for any helpful error messages. You might try : Xpdf on the same PDF files that give you trouble in Adobe Reader. You : might replace your Adobe Reader with the one at adobe.com. Hope some : of this is helpful to you. : Thanks very much for the response Thad. >From this: # rpm -q mozilla mozilla-1.7.13-1.1.fc5 # rpm -q acroread acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf I am running the same version of mozilla as you. I think this is the same acroread as well but if needed I'll de-install it and go tothe one from Adobe. However, acroread itself is working fine. I have invoked it on several .pdf files from the commandline, including ones I downloaded from the Web that mozilla/acroread would not show. Question: Do you also have "mozilla-acroread" installed? It provides "/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so" so if you don't then there is a major difference between you and me. Also: does your acroread run within the mozilla windeow itself or does acroread start up "on the side" in its own window. Thanks for you help! Dean
