Re: [moz-bonobo-list] No more PDF with 'gpdf'

[Jean Bréfort]

Le sam 10/01/2004 à 16:16, Christian Glodt a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I used for a while 'gpdf' on Mozilla and all was ok. Now, since a moment
> > (I don't remember exactly from when, at least since 2 weeks), 'gpdf'
> > doesn't show any more .pdf on Mozilla, it shows a gray page instead.
> > Strangely, it's as if the .pdf is correctly loaded, because if I click
> > on the gray page the cursors changes becoming the 'moving' one (the '+'
> > with arrows).
> 
> Indeed, I've observed the same problem.
> 
> > I think this is a 'gpdf' problem, not a 'mozilla-bonobo' one, as another
> > interesting thing is that on 'gpdf', when I choose to print (via 'File >
> > Print' or via 'Print' icon) the document disappears and the 'gpdf'
> > window's gray (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=226726).
> > 
> > Can I debug the problem in Mozilla to be sure it's related to 'gpdf' and
> > not to 'mozilla-bonobo'? If yes, in which way, please?
> 
> In such cases, I'd try the following:
> 
> $ mozilla-bonobo-viewer file://home/me/test.pdf application/pdf
> 
> This should show a window containing just the gpdf-component.
> In my case it currently displays a gray area with some scroll bars.
> 
> Then I try the same thing with a different document and a different
> component:
> 
> $ mozilla-bonobo-viewer file://home/me/test.ps application/postscript
> 
> This works.
> 
> Please note that the viewer is currently kind of broken in stand-alone
> mode - the component will only occupy a small part of its window.
> Nevertheless, the procedure proves that other components can be loaded
> correctly, and so the problem must lie with the gpdf component itself.
> 
> > Using 'ggv' instead of 'gpdf' for .pdf is correct.
> > 
> > Thx, bye,
> > Gismo / Luca
> 
> Maybe someone else can confirm if the problem exists on other
> distributions. Then we can decide if a bug needs to be filed
> with debian or directly with gpdf.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Christian Glodt

I tried with gpdf-0.110 and gpdf-0.121 on my home made linux. Both work,
I don't have your problem.

Regards,

Jean