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Bug 588722 - .ps file will hang on Loading...
.ps file will hang on Loading...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: PS
2.24.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-07-15 22:25 UTC by Mary Muir
Modified: 2009-11-06 22:54 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24



Description Mary Muir 2009-07-15 22:25:05 UTC
Please describe the problem:
We have postscript files (.ps) created using Grass6.4 which will not open in evince. Evince will stay on the Loading... screen (until I close the window)
It seems to occur when there are raster layers within the file. Ghostviewer is able to view ps files with one raster layer but not those with two or more layers. All imaging software work with vector layers.

The same file will open using Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit desktop (core 2 duo) as well as Ubuntu 9.04 32 bit (Toshiba R10 laptop)
I haven't tested on a machine running 8.10 32 bit (as we don't have any machines)

The file will not open on computers running Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit desktop (Intel i7 with asus motherboard) or Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit (running under vmware on the i7 running 8.10)

As the Intel i7 machines can not run 8.04 (can't install), this makes the live very difficult for our users that need to view these files.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
Package: evince 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evince
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

Steps to reproduce:
1. Use a 64 bit Ubuntu desktop machine (version 8.10 or 9.04)
2. Create a .ps file which include vector layers
3. Try opening the .ps file using Evince

Actual results:
Evince opens but displays Loading... indefinitely (until you close evince)


Expected results:
Evince should display the .ps file

Does this happen every time?
It happens every time you use a 64 bit operating system. It is fine if you use a 32 bit operating system

Other information:
This stopped working in Ubuntu 8.04
Comment 1 Mary Muir 2009-07-15 22:33:58 UTC
This was filed as a bug under Ubuntu at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/386498
At this site, there is a sample file that can't be open by evince
Comment 2 Emmanuel Fleury 2009-11-06 22:54:37 UTC
I tried with both 32 and 64 bits machine on Evince 2.29.1 (git master) and everything went fine.

I'm closing this bug as 'OBSOLETE'.

Feel free to try again with a fresh version of Evince and to re-open this bug if you hit this issue again.