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Why is acroread trying to access a graphical interface for non-interfactive commands such as -toPostScript? How can I get around

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2007-04-26 08:16:13
musannif.zahir
Registered: Apr 26 2007
Posts: 4

When I install acroread on my Solaris server, I am able to run it fine as long as I have the DISPLAY variable set to a valid graphical output but once I lose the xterm, I'm not even able to do the basic commands such as acroread -toPostScript or acroread --help which shouldn't be requiring displays anyway.
 
I get the following error: The application 'acroread' lost its connection to the display localhost:10.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
 
Why is it trying to access a graphical interface for non-interactive commands?
 
Thanks for the help!

My Product Information:
Reader 7.0.9, Unix/Linux
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2007-08-15 10:09:01
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JoelGeraci
ExpertTeam
Registered: Aug 17 2006
Posts: 80
This is because Reader needs to be displayed when running. Despite being able to “hide” Reader in some instances on Windows, Mac OS X, and UNIX, there are still calls to the viewer being made.
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2007-12-13 08:36:10
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musannif.zahir
Registered: Apr 26 2007
Posts: 4
The issue is that my servers don't have any graphical output devices. We just need some PDFs to be converted to PS files but can't do that due to the Display errors.

Are there any options/flags to set that could circumvent the calls for graphical output and perform the conversion as would a UNIX command?

Thanks
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