Bug 242871 - evince does not display PS files on some systems
Summary: evince does not display PS files on some systems
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: evince
Version: 6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kristian Høgsberg
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-06-06 06:06 UTC by Emmanuel Kowalski
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: evince-2.20.1-1.fc8
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-11-23 15:06:45 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
A very simple PS file (displays 'Test' at the bottom of the page) (246 bytes, text/plain)
2007-06-06 06:06 UTC, Emmanuel Kowalski
no flags Details
strace when trying to view the PS file in the previous attachment with evince (79.20 KB, text/plain)
2007-06-06 06:08 UTC, Emmanuel Kowalski
no flags Details

Description Emmanuel Kowalski 2007-06-06 06:06:26 UTC
Description of problem:
On one of my computers, evince fails to display any PostScript file. (But
it works on another computer with the same version of evince/poppler).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
evince-0.6.0-6.fc6
poppler-0.5.4-5.fc6

How reproducible:
Always on my laptop (Dell Latitude D820).
Never on a desktop (Dell Optiplex).

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get a PostScript file.
2. Try to view it with evince.
3.
  
Actual results:
evince displays `Loading' with no visible progress for a long time (little
CPU activity).

Expected results:
evince displays the PostScript file.

Additional info:
I will attach a very small PostScript file with the problem and the
result of strace, which ends fairly quickly with something like ``Process 25298
detached'' while evince continues displaying ``Loading''.

Comment 1 Emmanuel Kowalski 2007-06-06 06:06:26 UTC
Created attachment 156320 [details]
A very simple PS file (displays 'Test' at the bottom of the page)

Comment 2 Emmanuel Kowalski 2007-06-06 06:08:00 UTC
Created attachment 156321 [details]
strace when trying to view the PS file in the previous attachment with evince

Comment 3 Emmanuel Kowalski 2007-06-06 06:09:00 UTC
P.S. I haven't tried with Fedora 7 but I should install it fairly soon and
will update the status then.

Comment 4 Emmanuel Kowalski 2007-11-23 15:06:45 UTC
I have upgraded to Fedora 8 and the bug has gone on my laptop.


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