> Hi,
>
> when trying to start acroread I receive the following error message:
>
> $ acroread
> ERROR: Cannot find installation directory.
>
> Strace give the following:
>
> $ strace acroread
> execve("/usr/bin/acroread", ["acroread"], [/* 24 vars */]) = 0
> brk(0) = 0x9d07000
> access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb786f000
> access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=78791, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 78791, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb785b000
> close(3) = 0
> access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> open("/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
> read(3,
> "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320m\1\0004\0\0\0"...,
> 512) = 512
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1323460, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 1333608, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3,
> 0) = 0xb7715000
> mmap2(0xb7855000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13f) = 0xb7855000
> mmap2(0xb7858000, 10600, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7858000
> close(3) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb7714000
> set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb77148d0,
> limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0,
> limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
> mprotect(0xb7855000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
> mprotect(0xb788d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
> munmap(0xb785b000, 78791) = 0
> getpid() = 15200
> rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL, [CHLD], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0},
> 8) = 0
> geteuid32() = 1000
> brk(0) = 0x9d07000
> brk(0x9d28000) = 0x9d28000
> getppid() = 15199
> stat64("/home/user", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=16384, ...}) = 0
> stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=16384, ...}) = 0
> open("/usr/bin/acroread", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fcntl64(3, F_DUPFD, 10) = 10
> close(3) = 0
> fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x8056520, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
> read(10, "#!/bin/sh\n#\n# Copyright \302\251 2008-"..., 8192) = 1506
> pipe([3, 4]) = 0
> clone(child_stack=0,
> flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
> child_tidptr=0xb7714938) = 15201
> close(4) = 0
> read(3, "i386", 128) = 4
> read(3, "\n", 128) = 1
> read(3, "", 128) = 0
> close(3) = 0
> wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 15201
> --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
> clone(child_stack=0,
> flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
> child_tidptr=0xb7714938) = 15203
> wait4(-1, ERROR: Cannot find installation directory.
> [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0, NULL) = 15203
> --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
> read(10, "", 8192) = 0
> exit_group(1) = ?
>
>
>
> Robert
>
