On Sat, 19 May 2001, Bob Bernstein wrote:

> With acroread3 things are a tad better. Sometimes it seg faults, and
> sometimes it bus errors; I'm not sure but those behaviours may be
> related to just which pdf file I'm trying to open. Sometimes it will
> actually open the pdf file, but they are unreadble. The only way I can
> describe it in words is to suggest that half the text seems to be
> rendered in blue, and jumbled across the half that still remains
> black. Really strange. I'll put a screenshot up on my web site if
> anyone wants to see it!

Sorry Bob, but I can only confirm that you are not alone -- I see the same
behaviour with acroread 4.05 on my 1.4.1, 1.4.2 and 1.5 i386 boxes.  I
don't touch it anymore for that reason, but if I remember correctly it
also locks up X at the same time.

> Does anyone have any clue as to what might be going on here?

> Bob Bernstein

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