I have attempted most of the proposed "solutions" for this problem. Patching 3.02, using nopopler binary, using the oneiric
package, etc, etc.
None (no not one) of them give a stable xpdf on my
Ubuntu Precise 64-bit system: 3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Even though some of the proposed fixes prevent the crashes on startup. They none of them avoid a crash when repeatedly switching from full-screen/presentation to windowed by repeatedly hitting Alt-f.
I have instead compiled xpdf 3.03 (not 3.02) from source as follows:
Remove all xpdf packages.
sudo apt-get install lesstif2-dev
I have attempted most of the proposed "solutions" for this problem. Patching 3.02, using nopopler binary, using the oneiric
package, etc, etc.
None (no not one) of them give a stable xpdf on my
Ubuntu Precise 64-bit system: 3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Even though some of the proposed fixes prevent the crashes on startup. They none of them avoid a crash when repeatedly switching from full-screen/ presentation to windowed by repeatedly hitting Alt-f.
I have instead compiled xpdf 3.03 (not 3.02) from source as follows:
Remove all xpdf packages.
sudo apt-get install lesstif2-dev
wget ftp://ftp. foolabs. com/pub/ xpdf/xpdf- 3.03.tar. gz silas.psfc. mit.edu/ xpdf3.03Viewer. patch patch freetype2- library= /usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ --with- freetype2- includes= /usr/include/ freetype2
tar xzf xpdf-3.03.tar.gz
cd xpdf-3.03
wget http://
patch < xpdf3.03Viewer.
./configure --with-
make
sudo make install
This gives a robust xpdf. The patch is a trivial cast correction. I found it necessary to correct a compile failure.
Good luck to you all. Ian Hutchinson