Interestingly if I rebuild the debian package and run it from the build directory it works.
ie in the result of running apt-get source evince this command works ./debian/tmp/usr/bin/evince ~/dl/ENCODE\ Consortium\ Meeting_\ Encyclopedia\ 2016.pdf and this one doesn't evince ~/dl/ENCODE\ Consortium\ Meeting_\ Encyclopedia\ 2016.pdf (evince:6887): Gdk-WARNING **: Failed to load cursor theme DMZ-White (evince:6887): Gdk-WARNING **: Failed to load cursor theme DMZ-White ** Gdk:ERROR:/build/gtk+3.0-dN7rjx/gtk+3.0- 3.22.1/./gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay- wayland.c:1012:_gdk_wayland_display_get_scaled_cursor_theme: assertion failed: (display_wayland->cursor_theme_name) On Mon, 2016-10-10 at 18:50 -0500, Jason Crain wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 06:58:06PM -0700, Diane Trout wrote: > > I launched evince running under wayland from gnome terminal and it > > immediately > > crashed with an > > assertion failed. > > > > (evince:4492): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: <data>:56:20: > > The 'gtk-key- > > bindings' property has been renamed to '-gtk-key-bindings' > > [New Thread 0x7f50825f6700 (LWP 4500)] > > ** > > Gdk:ERROR:/build/gtk+3.0-UYMeaD/gtk+3.0- > > 3.20.6/./gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay- > > wayland.c:827:_gdk_wayland_display_get_scaled_cursor_theme: > > assertion failed: > > (wayland_display->cursor_theme_name) > > > > Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. > > > I haven't been able to reproduce this. Do you still see this problem > under more recent versions of gtk and evince? Do you have some > cursor > theme enabled and does the problem stop if you disable the cursor > theme? > Does it only happen under wayland and not xorg? >