Adobereader won't install

[Mickey]

On 07/12/2014 09:14 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
> Hi Mickey,
>     This might be a moot point, but have you tried deleting the 
> adobereader profile in your home directory, which fixed my 9.5.5 64bit 
> reader problem when its execution produced errors about being unable 
> to read a file?
>
> regards,
> Steve
>
> On 07/13/2014 09:37 AM, Mickey wrote:
>>
>> On 07/12/2014 05:24 PM, bitlord wrote:
>>> On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 14:13:12 -0400
>>> Mickey <binarynut at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/12/2014 02:07 PM, Mickey wrote:
>>>>> Fedora 20 /KDE
>>>>>
>>>>> yum -y localinstall AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm Yum does
>>>>> install AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm
>>>>>
>>>>> but when I run the command acroread the Adobereader won't start and
>>>>> nothing shows in /var/log/messages.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I Downloaded the AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin and installed it
>>>>> on a NEW F20 Box and it works perfect.
>>>>>
>>>>> But on two other previous boxes I  uninstalled
>>>>> AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm that will not execute and
>>>>> installed the AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin, it installed with
>>>>> no problems, but I'm still back to the old thing, it will not
>>>>> execute, just a flash of the Red Adobereader Splash screen for a
>>>>> second and then nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>> There has Got to be something with Ferdora 20 that is causing this
>>>>> problem, now I have got two boxes that will not work with
>>>>> AdobeReader-9.5.5 on Fedora 20.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have to have AdobeReader-9.5.5 , because the FOSS pdf readers
>>>>> will not allow me to Edit and Print PDF files Online at the Boy
>>>>> Scouts of america website.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I forgot to add , I'am running a 32 bit Fedora-20 install on all of
>>>> the boxes.
>>> I'm not using proprietary closed source software, but try running it
>>> from a command line to see if there is any error from the program. You
>>> can also try to check if it is missing any library (if it is not
>>> statically linked) with 'ldd <binary>', also if you have SElinux
>>> enabled (which is default on Fedora) check for its messages (I think
>>> in /var/log/audit/audit.log) (maybe it blocks some "actions" from you
>>> software, and if it does, you can temporarily try disabling SELinux and
>>> testing it again)
>> No error message at command line.
>>
>> Selinux is disabled.
>>
>> acroread execute is in /usr/bin and it is linked to 
>> /opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread and if i execute acroread in /opt dir 
>> it execute and gives the Red AdobeReader splash screen, then goes 
>> away.  So there is no linking problem to execute of acroread.
>>
>>
>> $ strace acroread &> acroreadTEST.txt       (here is the last few 
>> lines in Strace and there is a Error message, but I don't understand 
>> what means.
>>
>> writev(3, 
>> [{"H\0027\376\235\1\300\0\243\1\300\0U\2m\0\0\0m\0\0\30\300\0", 24}, 
>> {"\n\n\320\0\n\n\320\0\n\n\320\0\n\n\320\0\n\n\320\0\n\n\320\0\n\n\320\0\n\n\320\0"..., 
>> 260292}, {"", 0}], 3) = 183360
>> poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, 
>> revents=POLLOUT}])
>> writev(3, 
>> [{"\7\7\253\0\7\7\253\0\7\7\253\0\7\7\253\0\7\7\253\0\7\7\253\0\7\7\253\0\7\7\253\0"..., 
>> 76956}, {"", 0}], 2) = 76956
>> poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, 
>> revents=POLLOUT}])
>> writev(3, 
>> [{"H\2D\243\235\1\300\0\243\1\300\0U\2F\0\0\0\332\0\0\30\300\0", 24}, 
>> {"\7\7\252\0\7\7\252\0\7\7\252\0\7\7\252\0\7\7\252\0\7\7\252\0\7\7\252\0\7\7\252\0"..., 
>> 167160}, {"", 0}], 3) = 167184
>> --- SIGSEGV {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SI_KERNEL, si_addr=0} ---
>> rt_sigaction(SIGABRT, {SIG_DFL, [ABRT], SA_RESTART}, {0x850aafa, [], 
>> 0}, 8) = 0
>> exit_group(1)                           = ?
>> +++ exited with 1 +++
>>
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I uninstalled Adobereader and then I went into ~/.adobe/Acrobat and 
deleted that directory.

I then installed as SU AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin and then tried 
to run acroread again and got same results, acroread won't start.

I,m thinking about backing up my Harddrive and reformat the whole drive 
and reinstalling Adobe fresh install and see what happens .

I replaced a harddrive on another computer that had crashed yesterday, 
and did a total fresh install with AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin and  
on the new drive AdobeReader ran perfect.

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