Re: [gentoo-user] Kpdf crashes with large documents.

[Dale]

Philip Webb wrote:
> 081231 darren kirby wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I recently "stole" a Motorola Razr phone which didn't come with manual.
>>> I downloaded it off the Motorola website and was attempting to read,
>>> when Kpdf crashed.  It does this when I scroll down to about page 30 .
>>>   http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/motorola-razr-v3i_user-manual.aspx
>>>
>> it crashed my kpdf and my xpdf.
>> Oddly, KGhostView renders it fine. Something fishy...
>>
>
> Same here on a generally stable Gentoo on which Kpdf & Xpdf are reliable.
> IIRC i've seen rare cases of this before, when KGV saved the day.
> The problem here happens with certain pages in the file, eg  p 10 ;
> some later pages, eg  pp 11-12 , are ok.
> There must be something in a few pages which is not correct PDF format.
> Has anyone searched Gentoo Forum/Bugs or KDE bugs ?
> Anyway, it's clearly a bug in Kpdf, which sb reported.
>
>

Could it be a font that is missing or corrupt?  It is strange that
Kghostview works tho if it is a missing font.  Could it be qt or some
other lib that has a issue?

I did search for "kpdf crash" on fgo but have not searched bgo.  Should
this be reported to KDE folks or Gentoo folks?

Dale

:-)  :-)