Blank PDFs in Linux with [acroread] defunct Adobe Reader 9.4

I am having an issue on a SuSE 11 sp1 box where opening a pdf after closing one gives me a blank screen.
a ps -ef | grep acro* shows [acroread]<defunct> for the acroread process that was running.
I noticed that I can open & close as many as 20 pdfs from a web page with no problem. Everytime I close one out I leave an additional acroread defunct process running. I can do this all day long.
If I close out one & go to a different web page to open a pdf, I get the blank screen and the ps -ef | grep acro* never shows a process starting.
This is becoming a critical issue here. The answer to just restart the browser every time is not gonna fly around here.
SuSE 11 v.1
Adobe Readler 9.4.2-1
Firefox 3.5.19
Any thoughts here?
Thanks,
Steve

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