I recently changed from debian sarge to slackware and am having
problems with xpdf behaviour in the new slackware installation:

When I maximize xpdf and tell it to 'fit width', the document won't
fill upp the maximized space. If I specify for instance 125%, the pdf
document will only be visible in the space that xpdf occupied before i
maximized it. Same thing with any other 'fit' specification. It's kinda
hard to explain ...

xxxxxxx
xooooox
xooooox
xooooox
xxxxxxx

this is the original size xpdf, with the o:s representing the pdf
document and the x:s the xpdf boundaries on the screen.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx
xooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx
xooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx
xvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

this is the maximized version - the v:s representing the empty, gray
space that should have been filled with the pdf document.

This error repeats itself with any document I've tried, and did not
exist in the debian installation. I've recompiled xpdf to no avail. The
only way I can actually fill up the maximized xpdf window with a
document is if i specify -geometry.

Has anyone seen the same problem? Is it a XFree86/Xorg thing (since
debian still hasn't switched)?

Please help!

/landhaj

landhaj@yahoo.com wrote:
> I recently changed from debian sarge to slackware and am having
> problems with xpdf behaviour in the new slackware installation:
>
> When I maximize xpdf and tell it to 'fit width', the document won't
> fill upp the maximized space. If I specify for instance 125%, the pdf
> document will only be visible in the space that xpdf occupied before i
> maximized it. Same thing with any other 'fit' specification. It's kinda
> hard to explain ...
>
> xxxxxxx
> xooooox
> xooooox
> xooooox
> xxxxxxx
>
> this is the original size xpdf, with the o:s representing the pdf
> document and the x:s the xpdf boundaries on the screen.
>
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> xooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx
> xooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx
> xooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx
> xvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvx
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> this is the maximized version - the v:s representing the empty, gray
> space that should have been filled with the pdf document.
>
> This error repeats itself with any document I've tried, and did not
> exist in the debian installation. I've recompiled xpdf to no avail. The
> only way I can actually fill up the maximized xpdf window with a
> document is if i specify -geometry.
>
> Has anyone seen the same problem? Is it a XFree86/Xorg thing (since
> debian still hasn't switched)?
>
> Please help!
>
> /landhaj
>

Yes, I have the same problem. It appears with the last version of xpdf
but not the previous (I think sarge has an older version, the version of
xpdf present on older Slackware did not had this problem). It is most
probably an xpdf bug (not related to xorg, xfree, etc...). I have
submited a bug report to the author of xpdf, but I have so far not
received any answer.

Olive

You're right! I thought I'd checked that the versions in sarge and
slackware 10.2 were the same, but when I double checked, sarge has 3.00
whereas slack has 3.01. I just built a replacement from the sarge
sources and they worked fine.

Thanks for the help!

/landhaj