I have the same problem in Ubuntu 10.04, and had it already in 9.10. Disabling effects (Appearance -> None) does not help.
$ apt-cache policy acroread acroread: Installed: 9.3.2-lucid1 Candidate: 9.3.2-lucid1 Version table: *** 9.3.2-lucid1 0 500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ uname -a Linux <hostname> 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
I have the same problem in Ubuntu 10.04, and had it already in 9.10.
Disabling effects (Appearance -> None) does not help.
$ apt-cache policy acroread archive. canonical. com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages dpkg/status
acroread:
Installed: 9.3.2-lucid1
Candidate: 9.3.2-lucid1
Version table:
*** 9.3.2-lucid1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
$ uname -a
Linux <hostname> 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux