The xpdfrc file distributed with many versions of xpdf looks in a nonexistent directory for fonts -- /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript/ . This causes it to render many pdf files as white textless pages. Symlinking /usr/share/fonts/ghostscript to /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript solves the problem, but it'd be nice if we could get this fixed in portage. The incorrect file exists in the portage tree under /usr/portage/app-text/xpdf/files/xpdfrc.1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Load a PDF file 2. Observe blank white space where text should be Actual Results: There was blank white space instead of text. Expected Results: It should have showed text. Portage 2.0.51-r2 (default-amd64-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6.4-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.4-gentoo-r1 x86_64 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 242 Gentoo Base System version 1.5.1 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.91.0.1-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.7-r4 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib alsa amd64 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd f77 foomaticdb gdbm ggi gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 guile imlib jpeg kde libg++ libwww mikmod motif mozilla mpeg multilib mysql ncurses nls nogcj oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline scanner sdl slang spell ssl tcltk tcpd truetype usb xml2 xmms xv zlib"
please update your ghostscript version
