Indeed, the problem occurs only with documents using certain fonts. In this case its "times" fonts which can be installed from the standard repository by:
sudo aptitude install texlive-fonts-extra ** Summary changed: - Okular: thumbnail preview of a DVI file has large areas in red + Okular: thumbnail preview of a DVI file with "times" font has large areas in red ** Description changed: Binary package hint: okular - Kubuntu Intrepid alpha 6: + Kubuntu 8.10 with all upgrades. - In Okular open a DVI file (created with LaTeX, nothing fancy, black and - white text) and open Thumbnails. When the size of the thumbnails is - sufficiently big, the thumbnails look fine. When the size of the - thumbnails is small, 40% of the area of the thumbnails becomes uniformly - read (impossible to see the thumbnail). + In Okular open a DVI file created with LaTeX, nothing fancy, black and + white text, which uses "times" font and open Thumbnails. When the size + of the thumbnails is sufficiently big, the thumbnails look fine. When + the size of the thumbnails is small, 40% of the area of the thumbnails + becomes uniformly read (impossible to see the thumbnail). Not every DVI + file with "times" font has this problem; it seems that the "density" of + text per page should be big enough. The problem does not concern PDF nor PostScript files. ** Changed in: kdegraphics (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Okular: thumbnail preview of a DVI file with "times" font has large areas in red https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs