** Attachment removed: "Crash log of evince-thumbnailer" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/42410/+attachment/16569/+files/_usr_bin_evince-thumbnailer.1000.crash
** Description changed: - When opening a DVI file with evince, if no TeX distribution is - available, the error claims that the DVI file is at fault, rather than - the installation. + 1) lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS + Release: 14.04 - "Unable to open document", and below that, "DVI document has incorrect - format". The DVI document, however, may be perfectly fine; the issue is - that evince doesn't have DVI support installed. The error behavior - should be changed to make this clear. + 2) apt-cache policy evince + evince: + Installed: 3.10.3-0ubuntu10.1 + Candidate: 3.10.3-0ubuntu10.1 + Version table: + *** 3.10.3-0ubuntu10.1 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 3.10.3-0ubuntu10 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages + + 3) What is expected to happen is when one opens the following file via evince, it opens successfully: + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/42410/+attachment/10857/+files/test.dvi + + 4) What happens instead is evince notes: + "Unable to open document + DVI document has incorrect format" + + WORKAROUND: Install the texlive-binaries package. ** Tags added: trusty ** Tags added: dapper ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42410 Title: evince reports "incorrect format" for DVI files when no TeX distribution is installed. evince should Suggests tetex-bin To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/42410/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
