Bug 88680

Summary: ggv does not open pdf files after upgrading xpdf from 1.x to 2.x
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Michael Lee Yohe <michael>
Component: ggvAssignee: Jonathan Blandford <jrb>
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strace output of ggv during run-time none

Description Michael Lee Yohe 2003-04-11 20:28:55 UTC
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.7 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20030102

Description of problem:
After upgrading to Red Hat Linux 9 thus upgrading xpdf from 1.x to 2.01, ggv no
longer opens PDF file.  Before, ggv had no problems opening PDF files.  xpdf has
no problems opening the same PDF file.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ggv-1.99.97-2 xpdf-2.01-8

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attempt to open any PDF file.
    

Actual Results:  Receive an error saying that it is not a valid postscript document.

Expected Results:  No errors - just old behavior like xpdf 1.x based ggv.

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Comment 1 Michael Lee Yohe 2003-04-11 20:33:14 UTC
Created attachment 91082 [details]
strace output of ggv during run-time

Comment 2 Miloslav Trmac 2003-04-12 01:15:15 UTC
Does not happen with all PDFs, but with most I have tried, notably
RHL 9 manuals.


Comment 3 Paolo Prandini 2003-05-15 09:33:20 UTC
Hi. I have downgraded ggv to the previous release that was shipped with Red Hat
Linux 8.0, and the problem went away.

- Regards
- Paolo Prandini

Comment 4 Michael Lee Yohe 2003-07-17 15:11:20 UTC
Any update on this issue?

Comment 5 Jonathan Blandford 2003-07-17 17:32:37 UTC
The ggv author wants to remove pdf support from ggv altogether.  He feels that
pdf's are better served by a dedicated pdf renderer, rather than by using
ghostscript.