[Opera-Linux] Opera needs many re-loading before displaying pdf files.

[Claudio Santambrogio]

On Fri, 04 May 2007 10:37:30 +0200, Keith Bates <keith at new-life.org.au>  
wrote:

> On Fri, 04 May 2007 13:17:46 +0530
> "Parameshwara Bhat" <peebhat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> The current version of Opera behaves strangely with respect to
>> display of pdf files.The plugin is available and is correctly listed
>> by opera.You click on a pdf link,it downloads and quietly sits with a
>> blank.You reload 4-5 times again and again,pdf file is loaded and
>> displayed.If the first document is displayed,in that session, no
>> problem there displaying pdf files again .In the next session,problem
>> repeats.
>>
>> As I have faced the problem both at home and office on different
>> computers and different OSes ( All Linux,but
>> Fedora/Ubuntu/OpenSUSE ),I think the problem lies in Opera. In the
>> same context,firefox has no problem at all and that excludes Acrobat
>> Reader Plugin from sources of problem.
>>
>> I have observed this problem for quite some time now, perhaps this
>> has started with Opera 9.x series, but I cannot exactly tell.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Parameshwara Bhat
>>
>
> I can confirm that.
>
> I was thinking that it could not be right as I don't have problems
> opening pdf files- but that's because I open them with the default
> application for my system- gpdf. When I try to use the plug-in it
> doesn't work. Using Debian- testing and Opera 9.20

The problem is that Opera kills plug-ins that do not respond for 20  
seconds, as a prevention not to make them a resource hog to the system.  
Acroread plugin takes ages to start up the first time(s), and Opera  
doesn't realize the plugin is still starting - when it decides to kill it.  
There should be code to allow for a longer timeout before killing it when  
starting the plugin, but it is somehow broken at the moment.

/c


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claudio santambrogio
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