[PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04

King Beowulf kingbeowulf at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 04:28:17 UTC 2015


On 11/15/2015 08:11 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> I have an internal website with a pair of .pdf files. One is in color, 
> the other is the same thing in black and white. They were both made from 
> a .jpg. The web page has links to these two .pdf files. When I click on 
> the b&w one Firefox opens it and it looks correct. When I click on the 
> color one, Firefox opens it, but it looks weird. It's black and white, 
> but there are repeating images in the background, it's really dark, and 
> only the top 1/4 displays. If I open it with the Midori browser (same 
> Ubuntu 14.04 machine) it looks correct. If I open it with Firefox from 
> an Ubuntu 12.04 machine in the house it looks correct. If I open it with 
> Firefox on Linux Mint it looks okay. If I open the .pdf file with 
> Document Viewer on my Ubuntu 14.04 machine it looks correct.
> 
> So, the only place it looks weird is with Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04.
> 
> What should I be looking for to figure out why this looks strange?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

What are the Firefox versions? That data is more useful that what
distro.  Perhaps you just need to upgrade or reinstall Firefox on your
14.04 box.

-Ed



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