Adobe Reader cannot start after upgrade to fc6

[hosammy]

After upgrading to fc6 from fc5, the Adobe Reader cannot start, ie, after double click the acroread icon, no respond at all.

I install the Tradional Chinese basic version: AdobeReader_cht-7.0.0-2.i386.rpm, I remove it and re-install the full version: AdobeReader_cht-7.0.9-1.i386.rpm, the problem persists. Then I remove the 7.0.9 version and reinstall the basic AdobeReader_cht-7.0.0-2 version still cannot resolve the problem.

Please advise and help...

[Seve]

Hello:
If you follow the guide here to install Adobe Acrobat for FC6 you should be fine:
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...6.html#acrobat

Seve

[hosammy]

Thank you Seve for your prompt reply. But I am aware of this installation guide and had followed the instruction to amend the file in /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread. It is now installed with the cht-7.0.9 full version in tradional chinese. I notice that the patch only apply ro version 7.0.8 or 7.0.9 but not the version 7.0.0-2 version. The problem persist for both version.
Please advise Seve....

[rabidmonkey]

I'm seeing the same issue on this. I installed AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386.rpm from Adobe's site, but it just hangs and chews CPU when I start it. When I try launching it from a terminal, I get the following message:

expr: syntax error

Any ideas? Adobe lists 7.0.9 as the current version, with 8 for Linux simply listed as "coming soon".

[Seve]

Originally Posted by rabidmonkey

I get the following message:

expr: syntax error

Any ideas? Adobe lists 7.0.9 as the current version, with 8 for Linux simply listed as "coming soon".

Hello:
You are receiving the above error because you have not made the two required changes to acroread.
If you follow the instructions here : http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...6.html#acrobat

You should be fine.

Seve

[hosammy]

Seve, my problem is different from rabidmonkey. I try to run 'acroread in a terminal, it pauses for a while, then return a cursor, like this:

[sammy@sammy ~]$ acroread
[sammy@sammy ~]$

I have re-installed the cht-7.0.9 full version in tradional chinese and have changed the two lines in /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread

Please advise...

[hosammy]

May I know how to trace the log of a command after hitting enter, like my previous post so that I can trace what has happened after enterring the command "acroread" ?

[gamradtk]

I read that if you get the following message when you try to run adobe:

expr: syntax error

simply comment out line 644 of acroread.

I tried it and it worked.

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc26b0d