Here's an example of the problem on 14.04. See attached pngs. I opened a pdf in qpdfview. It rendered the background black and was generally illegible. I opened the same pdf in evince. It rendered as expected.
** Attachment added: "2014-08-20-231328_1920x1200_scrot.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/1254851/+attachment/4182428/+files/2014-08-20-231328_1920x1200_scrot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1254851 Title: qpdfview renders black pages after poppler update Status in “poppler” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: qpdfview was working fine in 13.10, then I did an apt-get dist-upgrade qpdfview only renders black pages now. Suspect poppler library upgrade is the cause. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/1254851/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp