Xpdf chokes on SlackBook

dae3

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Jul 6, 2009, 12:24:44 PM7/6/09

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Is anyone else experiencing segfaults from xpdf-3.02pl3 when turning to
page 2 of the SlackBook? Just checking before alerting the devs...

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~> cat /etc/slackware-version && uname -moprsv
Slackware 12.2.0
Linux 2.6.27.7-smp #2 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:32:43 CST 2008 i686
AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 GNU/Linux

dae3

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Jul 6, 2009, 12:30:17 PM7/6/09

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dae3 <7252...@example.invalid> wrote:

> Is anyone else experiencing segfaults from xpdf-3.02pl3 when turning to
> page 2 of the SlackBook? Just checking before alerting the devs...

Further findings: this happens if zooming by more than 125% before
turning the page.

emmel

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Jul 10, 2009, 12:55:14 PM7/10/09

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Thus dae3 spoke:

> dae3 <7252...@example.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Is anyone else experiencing segfaults from xpdf-3.02pl3 when turning to
>> page 2 of the SlackBook? Just checking before alerting the devs...
>
>
> Further findings: this happens if zooming by more than 125% before
> turning the page.

It's not specific to slackbook... I have a pdf (created by pdflatex,
texlive distribution) it chokes on as well. I think it has been behaving
like that ever since 12.0, although I'm not sure.

dae3

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Jul 10, 2009, 2:09:46 PM7/10/09

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emmel <em...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> It's not specific to slackbook... I have a pdf (created by pdflatex,
> texlive distribution) it chokes on as well. I think it has been
> behaving like that ever since 12.0, although I'm not sure.

That's interesting. I found that the problem isn't specific to 3.02pl3
either, as I've tried to compile Xpdf without applying the patches (thus
obtaining regular 3.02) but the segfaults were still there.

So far, the issue does seem to be Slackware-related though, as I've
heard from a Ubuntu user who's not getting any crashes from the
Xpdf-3.02 + SlackBook combo.

After every Xpdf crash, a line appears in dmesg saying:

| xpdf [...] error 4 in libX11.so.6.2.0[b7b5b000+e3000]

so I wonder if the culprit isn't the libX11 that comes with SW.

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~> cat /etc/*-{version,release}|head -n1 && uname -moprs|fold -sw72
Slackware 12.2.0
Linux 2.6.27.7-crrm i686 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36
GNU/Linux

emmel

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Jul 11, 2009, 7:29:23 AM7/11/09

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Thus dae3 spoke:

> emmel <em...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> It's not specific to slackbook... I have a pdf (created by pdflatex,
>> texlive distribution) it chokes on as well. I think it has been
>> behaving like that ever since 12.0, although I'm not sure.
>
> That's interesting. I found that the problem isn't specific to 3.02pl3
> either, as I've tried to compile Xpdf without applying the patches (thus
> obtaining regular 3.02) but the segfaults were still there.
>
> So far, the issue does seem to be Slackware-related though, as I've
> heard from a Ubuntu user who's not getting any crashes from the
> Xpdf-3.02 + SlackBook combo.
>
> After every Xpdf crash, a line appears in dmesg saying:
>
>| xpdf [...] error 4 in libX11.so.6.2.0[b7b5b000+e3000]
>
> so I wonder if the culprit isn't the libX11 that comes with SW.

Different address, but yes, same here.