Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 247962
Evince can't open file through symlink on NFS
Last modified: 2008-05-15 09:44:13 EDT
Description of problem: My home directory is mounted over NFS. I have a PDF in ~/docs/Linux which I symlinked into ~/Desktop. If I click on the PDF on my Desktop, evince starts but then gives an error dialogue. Unable to open document Unhandled MIME type: "application/octet-stream" Running evince from the cli on the symlinked pdf produces the same problem. Right clicking on the PDF then selecting to open in Xpdf works fine. If I put the pdf into /tmp and then create a symlink also in /tmp then evince works. If I symlink from /tmp to the file in my NFS'd home directory, evince works. It seems to be only that if both the PDF and the symlink to it are on NFS then evince doesn't work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): evince-0.8.2-1.fc7.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a symlink to a pdf, where both are in a NFS mounted filesystem. 2. Try to open the pdf via the symlink with evince 3. Actual results: Error dialogue Expected results: Evince containing PDF. Additional info:
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Problem still persists in Fedora 8, will retest in Fedora 9 in a few days.
Works in Fedora 9