Re: tlug: acrobat reader

["Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <chak@example.com>]

From: Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>

> I just installed the acrobat reader 3.01 for Linux and all I get when
> I try to start it is a window with "Segmentation Violation Caught."
> and an "Unable to initialize user interface.". Does anybody know what
> the problem could be. The libraries the executable needs are all
> there:
[...]

This might not be the kind of advice you are seeking, but do
you know `xpdf'.  It is a free PDF reader, which is not as
fancy as acroread, but therefore starts up *much* faster.
You get it precompiled, e.g., at

  ftp://ftp.pht.co.jp/pub/contrib/

Manuel
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