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On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 08:35:44PM -0300, Penguin Lover Urs Schuetz squawked: |
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> strace acroread |
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> shows that acroread 7.0.5-r1 uses a very long time with fonts |
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> and nonexistent directories like /usr/psres and |
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> /usr/share/fonts/afms//usr/share/fonts/afms: |
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> |
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> ... |
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> open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/fences.ttf", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory) |
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> open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/l048013t.pfa", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory) |
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> getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0 |
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> close(5) = 0 |
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> ... |
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> |
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> and "hangs" here for about 10 seconds, with CPU 100% used. This |
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> happens nine times during startup. |
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from the forums: |
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http://forums.gentoo.org//viewtopic-t-420754-highlight-acroread.html?sid=5118566558bdce7510b095567e7b6d4c |
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the file ~/.adobe/Acrobat/7.0/Cache/UnixFnt07.lst stores a list of all |
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the fonts on your system (which, in my case, gives 9387 entries) and |
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apparently it tries to open those one by one on startup and look |
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inside (what for, I don't know). |
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A temporary work around is provide in the link above, which amounts to |
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removing that font file prior to starting acroread. If I do that, |
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acroread starts under 5 seconds for every one of the five times I |
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tried. |
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Notice that /usr/bin/acroread is just a batch file to launch the |
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executable, so if you are adventurous, you can go dig inside it a bit. |
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W |
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Seen in LINAC @ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: |
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(A series of signs, each with a different "name") |
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This 7833 Power Amplifier Tube is to be Called: |
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Gassy |
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Sparky |
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Leaky |
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Old Number 9 |
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Just Plain Dead |
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Nick O'Tyme |
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Sortir en Pantoufles: up 105 days, 16:47 |
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