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Bug 158059 - Complex pdf breaks Gpdf
Complex pdf breaks Gpdf
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gpdf
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
2.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Martin Kretzschmar
Martin Kretzschmar
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-11-12 16:10 UTC by Carwyn Edwards
Modified: 2006-01-29 20:59 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8


Description Carwyn Edwards 2004-11-12 16:10:20 UTC 
Try loading up the following PDF in GPDF:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2004/11/11/lemon_jelly.pdf
Comment 1 Vincent Noel 2004-12-10 18:50:52 UTC 
Confirmed. The CPU usage skyrockets, gpdf eats all the memory and in the end
nothing happens.
Comment 2 Vincent PENNEC 2005-01-19 20:29:46 UTC 
Got same problem with http://www.msi-computer.fr/manuel/KT3Ultra-2PDF.zip (7,6
MB technical documentation of motherboard). The first 28 pages display well then ...

I'm using gpdf 2.8.0 debian
Comment 3 Olav Vitters 2006-01-29 01:10:42 UTC 
Gpdf is no longer maintained, closing WONTFIX. Please use Evince for your pdf
viewing needs.

http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/
Comment 4 Zack Weinberg 2006-01-29 20:59:37 UTC 
evince also takes a long time to render this PDF, though it does not appear to chew up all the memory.  Reopen, reassign to evince.