Bug 187636

Created attachment 127194 [details]
stdout / stderr error messages

Hmmm, very strange - this is definitely not happening on my FC-5 system running 
the KDE window manager.

All system-config-bind does when you click on the 'Help->Manual' option is to
fork() a process and try to execve() one of these PDF readers, in this order,
to display /usr/share/doc/system-config-bind-4.0.0/scb_manual.pdf :
First it looks for acroread, then xpdf, then gpdf, then ghostview, and will
execve the first one found in /usr/bin.

So, until this problem is resolved, you can view the manual with:
 $ $pdf_reader  /usr/share/doc/system-config-bind-4.0.0/scb_manual.pdf &
where $pdf_reader is your preferred PDF reader application (eg. xpdf).

Please supply this further information to enable me to reproduce the problem
and determine the cause:

1. What window manager (desktop) are you running system-config-bind under - ie.
   GNOME or KDE ?

2. Please append the output of this command to this bug report:
   $ ls -l /usr/bin/{acroread,xpdf,gpdf} 

3. Can you run the command:
   $ xpdf /usr/share/doc/system-config-bind-4.0.0/scb_manual.pdf &
   without errors ?

4. Do you have the Adobe Acrobat reader 'acroread' program installed ? 
   If so, which version ?
   If you move /usr/bin/acroread out of /usr/bin or rename it, 
   can you then invoke system-config-bind's Help->Manual option ?

1. Windows Manager
GNOME

2. [root@sai2 ~]# ls -l /usr/bin/{acroread,xpdf,gpdf}
ls: /usr/bin/acroread: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/bin/xpdf: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/bin/gpdf: No such file or directory

3. Nope, it would appear my installation choices (desktop) did not include a pdf
reader.....

4. I do not have acroread installed

After installing xpdf the manual comes up without async errors or the
application terminating.   

OK, glad you're able to view the manual now.

If none of acroread,xpdf,kpdf,or gpdf are installed, then s-c-b will try to run:

/usr/bin/kghostview /usr/share/doc/system-config-bind-4.0.0/scb_manual.pdf 

Does running this command from the command line produce any errors for you ?

I just tested this on a an FC-5 system under GNOME without any errors, so I 
still cannot explain what could have caused the X protocol errors you saw. 

That application is not installed by default either.  I have tested this on two
machines (one a laptop and the other a desktop) and both experience this same
problem.  In both cases the default fedora core 5 install (i.e. I didn't select
custom packages) fails to install any of the above mentioned applications to
view this file.  Perhaps making system-config-bind rpm require/depend one of
this application be installed?

Thanks - now I can reproduce this problem, when NONE of 
/usr/bin/{xpdf,kpdf,gpdf,kghostview,acroread} programs exist.

system-config-bind-4.0.0-41+ will now issue a nice GUI prompt to install one
of the above programs if none of them exist and the Help->Manual option is
chosen.

I don't think we want to REQUIRE one of these program for system-config-bind -
but perhaps the installer should be installing one of them by default.

Why doesn't system-config-bind try evince (which *is* installed by default)?

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I think this is fixed. Closing the bug report.

Rawhide's version of s-c-bind now uses xdg-open to call proper viewer, which
should also solve other problems with calling viewers from hardcoded list...