Marking as fixed since that works fine on edgy. If anybody wants to figure what commit fixed it and attach a patch we might consider a dapper backport
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- PDF file crashes evince when selecting text https://launchpad.net/bugs/64611 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs