Evince 3.14.1-2 crashes shortly after opening pdf files

christophwu · 2014-10-21 07:42:32

Hi,

my evince 3.14.1-2 (up to date version from stable repo) crashes if I try to open pdf files without any error message.

The only way to get some error output is stating it from a terminal:

(evince:2655): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkSettings:gtk-menu-images is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
Speicherzugriffsfehler (Speicherabzug geschrieben)

The last line (german) means: segmentation fault (core dumped)
Sometimes it doesn't crash immediately after opening a pdf file, but as soon as I try to scroll down/up it crashes.
I haven't found any bug in the bugtracker that could be related.

Trace:

Starting program: /usr/bin/evince 
Got object file from memory but can't read symbols: File truncated.
warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso.so.1.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffec0ae700 (LWP 3851)]
[New Thread 0x7fffea803700 (LWP 3852)]
[New Thread 0x7fffea002700 (LWP 3853)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe94a7700 (LWP 3854)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe8c20700 (LWP 3855)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd378e700 (LWP 3856)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd2f8d700 (LWP 3857)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd278c700 (LWP 3858)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd1f8b700 (LWP 3859)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd178a700 (LWP 3860)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd0f89700 (LWP 3861)]
[New Thread 0x7fffcbfff700 (LWP 3862)]
[New Thread 0x7fffcb7fe700 (LWP 3863)]
[New Thread 0x7fffcaffd700 (LWP 3865)]
[Thread 0x7fffd378e700 (LWP 3856) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd178a700 (LWP 3860) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd278c700 (LWP 3858) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd0f89700 (LWP 3861) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd1f8b700 (LWP 3859) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd2f8d700 (LWP 3857) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe8c20700 (LWP 3855) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffea803700 (LWP 3852) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffcb7fe700 (LWP 3863) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffcb7fe700 (LWP 3869)]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fffcaffd700 (LWP 3865)]
0x00007ffff5fdb044 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2

Last edited by christophwu (2014-10-21 20:43:22)

tyo · 2014-10-21 12:44:43

Hi! I have the same problem. With the last update, Evince became very unstable and seems to crash when rendering certain parts of PDFs. Sometimes it occurs when zooming in, and some PDFs will cause a segfault immediately. Just starting up Evince without opening any document works, however.

They changed a lot in the interface (probably to match some new Gnome guidelines). I use it in Xfce and wonder if that might cause problems. However, there is probably not much the Arch Community can do, as it is likely a bug that needs to be fixed by the Evince developers.

I downgraded to 3.12.2 and will wait for bug fixes.

Last edited by tyo (2014-10-21 12:50:52)

blackout23 · 2014-10-21 13:24:49

Are you using patched fonts like Ubuntu or Infinality with patched cairo package? I haven't had any problems with evnice so far.

christophwu · 2014-10-21 17:12:07

blackout23 wrote:

Are you using patched fonts like Ubuntu or Infinality with patched cairo package? I haven't had any problems with evnice so far.

Do you mean the patched ubuntu packages (cairo-ubuntu) like this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ion#Ubuntu ?
Or do you mean the ubuntu font itself (ttf-ubuntu-font-family)?

I had installed the latter one, but removed it to check if it was related to the bug. Evince is still crashing, so I guess that's not the package you meant.

My installed packages containing "cairo":
cairo 1.14.0-1
cairomm 1.10.0-3
python-cairo 1.10.0-4
python2-cairo 1.10.0-2

Last edited by christophwu (2014-10-21 20:29:03)

l0b0 · 2014-10-21 20:13:40

My evince 3.14.1-2 from the official repos also started crashing today. To reproduce (works every time), open the Linux Voice issue 9 PDF version and click Ctrl-f to search. After about a second the application segfaults. Issue 4 of the same magazine works just fine. Nothing is different in the terminal output of Evince when opening the two documents except for the "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" message.

I have not had problems with Evince crashing before.

Upgrade log:

[PACMAN] Running 'pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade'
[PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[PACMAN] removed attica (0.4.2-1)
[PACMAN] upgraded qt4 (4.8.6-1 -> 4.8.6-2)
[PACMAN] installed attica-qt4 (0.4.2-1)
[PACMAN] upgraded icu (53.1-1 -> 54.1-1)
[PACMAN] upgraded boost-libs (1.56.0-2 -> 1.56.0-3)
[PACMAN] upgraded boost (1.56.0-2 -> 1.56.0-3)
[PACMAN] upgraded harfbuzz (0.9.35-1 -> 0.9.35-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded chromium (38.0.2125.104-1 -> 38.0.2125.104-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded evince (3.14.1-1 -> 3.14.1-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded firefox (33.0-1 -> 33.0-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded harfbuzz-icu (0.9.35-1 -> 0.9.35-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded libcdr (0.1.0-1 -> 0.1.0-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded libmspub (0.1.1-1 -> 0.1.1-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-still-common (4.2.6-4 -> 4.2.6-6)
[PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-still-calc (4.2.6-4 -> 4.2.6-6)
[PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-still-draw (4.2.6-4 -> 4.2.6-6)
[PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-still-impress (4.2.6-4 -> 4.2.6-6)
[PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-still-math (4.2.6-4 -> 4.2.6-6)
[PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-still-writer (4.2.6-4 -> 4.2.6-6)
[PACMAN] upgraded libvisio (0.1.0-1 -> 0.1.0-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded qt5-base (5.3.2-1 -> 5.3.2-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded qt5-xmlpatterns (5.3.2-1 -> 5.3.2-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded qt5-declarative (5.3.2-1 -> 5.3.2-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded qt5-location (5.3.2-1 -> 5.3.2-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded qt5-sensors (5.3.2-1 -> 5.3.2-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded qt5-webkit (5.3.2-1 -> 5.3.2-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded qt5-script (5.3.2-1 -> 5.3.2-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded qt5-quick1 (5.3.2-1 -> 5.3.2-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded raptor (2.0.14-1 -> 2.0.14-2)
[ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> texlive: updating the filename database...
[ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Updating /etc/texmf/ls-R... 
[ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R... 
[ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texmf-dist/ls-R... 
[ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
[ALPM-SCRIPTLET] mktexlsr: Done.
[ALPM-SCRIPTLET] recreating all formats... done.
[ALPM-SCRIPTLET]  (logs are under /var/lib/texmf/web2c/<engine>/<formatname>.log)
[PACMAN] upgraded texlive-bin (2014.34260-1 -> 2014.34260-2)
[PACMAN] upgraded wine (1.7.28-1 -> 1.7.29-1)
[PACMAN] upgraded youtube-dl (2014.10.15-1 -> 2014.10.18-1)

Last edited by l0b0 (2014-10-21 20:41:14)

jasonwryan · 2014-10-21 20:40:13

Please use code tags when pasting to the boards: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … s_and_Code

No issues with Evince 3.14.1-2

ms · 2014-10-23 19:22:53

Link to bug report: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=738846

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#1 2014-10-21 07:42:32

Evince 3.14.1-2 crashes shortly after opening pdf files

#2 2014-10-21 12:44:43

Re: Evince 3.14.1-2 crashes shortly after opening pdf files

#3 2014-10-21 13:24:49

Re: Evince 3.14.1-2 crashes shortly after opening pdf files

#4 2014-10-21 17:12:07

Re: Evince 3.14.1-2 crashes shortly after opening pdf files

#5 2014-10-21 20:13:40

Re: Evince 3.14.1-2 crashes shortly after opening pdf files

#6 2014-10-21 20:40:13

Re: Evince 3.14.1-2 crashes shortly after opening pdf files

#7 2014-10-23 19:22:53

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