[SOLVED]New .pdf files won't open in Gnome

Hi all,
Just noticed this today; seems easy to replicate, just print a pdf somewhere, or download one, and attempt to open it with nautilus. I don't get a preview of what the file looks like before opening, and upon double-click, evince merely flashes up for a moment and closes. ePDFviewer has a similar effect. Deleting ~/.thumbnails/fail doesn't regenerate a preview either. Also, old pdf files keep their previews and open fine.
I'm going to blame something within the very recent gnome update. Any help with this one?
Apologies if this is somewhere else; I couldn't see anyone mention it, and it seems like an obvious bug :S
Last edited by o1911 (2010-10-07 14:55:24)

I have the same problem. I can't open some pdf files with evince. But I don't think it's a evince problem. I tried with apvlv and both give me segmentation fault. There is a problem with some package that avoid me to open some pdf files? This start to happen, if I notice, after the upgrade of gnome related packages I think.
I can open all my pdf files in my computer and as well some of random pdfs found at internet.
This is one of the the pdf I can't open: http://www.fct.unl.pt/estudante/datas/2 … _final.pdf
I tried on debian squeeze (I have installed on a virtual machine) and I could open. That's why I think this is related somehow with the new gnome packages.
Last edited by ilusi0n (2010-10-06 18:39:33)

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