I've only seen this problem on one computer I use at work, which is running potato. If I try to open a pdf with acroread, the text repeats itself and then wraps over onto itself, making the document unreadable (this is with any pdf file). If I try to advance to another page, it locks up, crashes, or I get a segmentation fault. I've tried to purge acroread and reinstall.I've also tried deleting .acrorc , but the problem still reoccurs.
I have a vodoo3 card and a viewsonic A75f monitor if that matters...and I do not have any other problems with display on other programs. Another issue...I can pull up the pdf files with xpdf. Although the files print ok on a ps printer, the letters all display with a dashed outline that is nearly illegible. I would imagine that this is a font server problem. Anyway...any ideas, suggestions...or anecdotes of similar experiences would be appreciated. Thanks, Glen