[Solved] Evince Doesn't Remember Previous Session

Hi,
I recently did a complete reinstall and noticed when I open a pdf file and reopen it later, it fails to remember the page I'm on and other settings such as maximized, % zoom, etc. Before the re installation it would always remember my previous settings, but now it opens like it has just been freshly installed every time: minimized and fit screen width...
Any suggestions ?
EDIT: Solution Solved! I use Okular now
Last edited by Loafers (2011-01-04 05:48:37)

Loafers wrote:
wonder wrote:@Loafers maybe you should reopen this: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606090
Good idea. I opened a new bug report and the developer said you need to have gvfs installed. Everything works fine now. Thanks!
Apparently after an update, this no longer works...

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