well, if this problem hasn't been solved yet, i'd like to add my results: - redhat 7.1, all updates, kde 2.1.1, 128mb ram, dual 366MHz celerons - i opened the first 8 pdf's using konquerer web browser 2.1.1 - all pdf's opened in individual windows, i cycled thru all opened windows as fast as i could paging up and down and clicking on the multiple pages if they existed. i had absolutely no problems. top, running in a separate command prompt box showed both cpu's at less than 1% idle indicating a fairly stressed system. On June 22, 2001 12:12 am, you wrote: <<snipped>> > > Good idea and to clarify, to make it fail you must open a few pdfs and > cycle through them page by page. The problem appears whereby it will > either lock up or the pages displayed loose graphics but only after going > through the pages back and forth. A simple open, print, save produces no <<snipped>> > http://e-smith.netsourced.com/pdfs