[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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