RE: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf quits without converting or warning at 'Generating info structure'

[Eric Adriaans | Dsens]

Hi Joseph, Chris,

Thanx for your help :) I guess there is definitely some problem in our linux
server setup... the bad thing is that I'm not much of a
server-administrator. I know a bit of Linux, but when it comes to real
problems, it's definitely not my thing, though I'm gonna try figuring it out
:)

Our server has the following setup:
OS: CentOS 5
CPU: 2x Intel Quad-Core Xeon L5410 / 12MB Linux version
2.6.18-92.1.22.el5PAE (address@hidden) gcc (GCC) 4.1.2
20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)
Freetype: Package freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386 already installed and latest
version

Chris, you say that you have a server install with "a generic installation
packed out with a raft of source code installs, including a straight
./configure --prefix=/usr/local one of SWFTools 0.9.0."... Does that mean
pdf2swf sort of stands on its own with its own libraries, without using the
systems shared libraries?

And is there a way to see where things actually go wrong after a conversion?
Pdf2swf doesn't show me an error, but are there logfiles of libraries or
something which I can check, so that I have a better overview of where
things are going wrong, and what I might need to update/upgrade on our
server?

Eric 




-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden Namens Joseph
Masoud
Verzonden: maandag 8 februari 2010 2:03
Aan: address@hidden
CC: address@hidden; Chris Pugh
Onderwerp: Re: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf quits without converting or warning
at 'Generating info structure'

On 07/02/10 10:24, Chris Pugh wrote:
> On 6 February 2010 22:35, Joseph Masoud<address@hidden>  wrote:
>    
>> On 06/02/10 19:56, Chris Pugh wrote:
>>      
>>> Goedenavond Eric,
>>>
>>> Het spijt me, maar... issuing,
>>>
>>>      pdf2swf -o LB5a_Compl_FC.swf LB5a_Compl_FC.pdf
>>>
>>> under Windows ( Vista Basic ), and generic Linux 2.6.28 (gcc version
>>> 4.1.2) gives a perfect result for me. All 128 pages are produced 
>>> without a single glitch.  I can post the resultant swf file 
>>> somewhere if you wish to see it?
>>>
>>> Conclusion?  There is nothing wrong with SWFTools 0.9.0 nor your
>>> original pdf!   What about your set up?  What o/s or o/s'es are you
>>> using, and which version of SWTools?   Are all your libraries and
>>> ancillary programs correctly installed and your system in good order?
>>> It would appear not. Have you tried this conversion on at least one 
>>> other system and SWFTools installation?
>>>
>>> Veel geluk!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>> On 6 February 2010 10:57, Eric Adriaans | Dsens<address@hidden>    wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem with pdf2swf. While converting a pdf, pdf2swf 
>>>> quits without giving me a reason why. So now I am a bit lost. The 
>>>> output of the script is the following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> VERBOSE setting parameter flashversion to "9"
>>>> NOTICE outputting one file per page VERBOSE Generating info 
>>>> structure for page 1 VERBOSE looking for font Helvetica in global 
>>>> params VERBOSE Storing standard PDF font Helvetica at 
>>>> /tmp/78b73ed862412233.pfb VERBOSE Generating info structure for 
>>>> page 2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's it. The pdf contains 128 pages, exporting only the first 
>>>> page works (with -p 1-1), but exporting pages from page 2 and up 
>>>> fails. The original pdf is about 110Mb, I've tried optimizing it in 
>>>> Adobe Acrobat Pro, I had the file examined by Acrobat Pro and then 
>>>> saved, but it still acts the same.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody have any idea how I can figure out what's going wrong?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If anyone wants to try the conversion themselves, the conversions 
>>>> can be triggered at:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://lab.dsens.net/pdf2swf/?reconvert=LB5a_Compl_FC.pdf
>>>>
>>>> http://lab.dsens.net/pdf2swf/?reconvert=LB5a_Compl_FC_examined.pdf
>>>>
>>>> http://lab.dsens.net/pdf2swf/?reconvert=LB5a_Compl_FC_optimized.pdf
>>>>
>>>> http://lab.dsens.net/pdf2swf/?reconvert=LB5a_Compl_FC_optimized2.pd
>>>> f
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The files are at:
>>>>
>>>> http://lab.dsens.net/pdf2swf/pdf/LB5a_Compl_FC.pdf
>>>>
>>>> http://lab.dsens.net/pdf2swf/pdf/LB5a_Compl_FC_examined.pdf
>>>>
>>>> http://lab.dsens.net/pdf2swf/pdf/LB5a_Compl_FC_optimized.pdf
>>>>
>>>> http://lab.dsens.net/pdf2swf/pdf/LB5a_Compl_FC_optimized2.pdf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>> Dsens.nl
>>>>
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>>>
>>>        
>> On 64-bit Debian Linux (Lenny, gcc 4.3.2), I get a floating point
exception.
>>
>> Same as this post:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg04079.html
>>
>> I also tried the file in the post above, same thing.
>>
>> Are you on 32 or 64-bit linux system?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joseph
>>      
> The first conversion under Windows ( Vista Basic ), and generic Linux
> 2.6.28 (gcc version>>  4.1.2)  was done locally, with a 32 bit system.
>
> I've also tested the same file under a 64 bit system, my web server 
> install  (  Intel Xeon CPU  E5420  @ 2.50GHz, Linux version 2.6.24, 
> gcc version 4.2.4  ), using swftools 0.9.0.  Again no issues.  Works 
> perfectly.
>
> Issuing,
>
>       pdf2swf -s simpleviewer -o LB5a_Compl_FC.swf LB5a_Compl_FC.pdf
>
> then,
>
>       swfdump --xhtml LB5a_Compl_FC.swf>  index.html
>
> produces this result:
>
>       http://www.nordberg.me.uk/swfc_samples/eric/
>
> The only info which may be of interest is that the server side install 
> is not strictly a distro.  More a generic installation packed out with 
> a raft of source code installs, including a straight ./configure
> --prefix=/usr/local one of SWFTools 0.9.0.   Anything smacking oif
> distro tweaked component or library has been removed.
>
> HTH ( though possibly not! )
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Chris.
>    
I've just done some crude debugging using gdb and my problem was with the
freetype library used by Debian Lenny (2.3.7-2).  I upgraded to
2.3.11 and now everything is in good working order.  I have converted all
four versions of your file without a glitch.

I also managed to successfully convert the file in this post:

http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg04079.html

Oddly enough, I didn't have any problems converting the files using version
2.2.1 of the freetype library on CentOS.

This could possibly be the problem.

Thanks,
Joseph