Good thought, never thought about trying to run evince in a terminal session...
The answer is that it still fails and I get the following message: (evince:16765): EvinceDocument-WARNING **: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpoppler-glib.so.8: undefined symbol: cairo_mesh_pattern_begin_patch Segmentation fault (core dumped) I get the same message, no matter what PDF file I try to open. (Tried several) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1093946 Title: Evince fails to open PDF files. worked prior to Ubuntu 12.10 upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1093946/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs