GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 588722
.ps file will hang on Loading...
Last modified: 2009-11-06 22:54:37 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
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
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.