Here's another way to get around the problem that works via context menus (right-click->open with, double click PDF, etc).
root@marys-ubuntu:/opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin# mv acroread acroread-real root@marys-ubuntu:/opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin# nano acroread root@marys-ubuntu:/opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin# chmod 755 acroread
Where acroread is env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread-real $@
Here's another way to get around the problem that works via context menus (right-click->open with, double click PDF, etc).
root@marys- ubuntu: /opt/Adobe/ Reader9/ bin# mv acroread acroread-real ubuntu: /opt/Adobe/ Reader9/ bin# nano acroread ubuntu: /opt/Adobe/ Reader9/ bin# chmod 755 acroread
root@marys-
root@marys-
Where acroread is Reader9/ bin/acroread- real $@
env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /opt/Adobe/