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

[Christian Glodt]

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