GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 158931
Fails to display text in many pdf files
Last modified: 2005-01-05 18:01:52 UTC
Distribution: Debian 3.1 Package: gpdf Severity: normal Version: GNOME2.6.1 2.8.x Gnome-Distributor: Debian Synopsis: Fails to display text in many pdf files Bugzilla-Product: gpdf Bugzilla-Component: general Bugzilla-Version: 2.8.x Description: Description of Problem: Many pdf files that open normally in ggv or xpdf open with no display of their text. Often shows a blank white page with some bullets. Seems to affect simple documents (few or no graphics, small sizes) more than others. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Open a pdf file Actual Results: Opens document and displays without text. Expected Results: Opens document and displays with text. How often does this happen? More often than not, always occurs with same .pdf files. Additional Information: Applies to anything created by openoffice, abiword, ps2pdf, numerous others found on the 'net. ------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2004-11-21 10:20 ------- Unknown platform unknown. Setting to default platform "Other". Unknown milestone "unknown" in product "gpdf". Setting to default milestone for this product, '---' The original reporter of this bug does not have an account here. Reassigning to the person who moved it here, unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org. Previous reporter was virgopa@earlham.edu. Setting to default status "UNCONFIRMED". Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one.
Could you attach such a PDF, or provide a link to one ?
From a private communication with the reporter, it appears this is a dup of bug 112506.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 112506 ***