On 12/7/18 2:26 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: > yes, when I go to the file manager and click on a pdf file, I get the > round 'spinning' mouse pointer for 22 second, then back to the pointer. > same with both pdf readers. The application never opens. > > On the other hand, when I click on the document viewer in the office > menu, I get a window titled 'recent documents' that is blank. I click on > the file foon, get a 'select a file', select my file, get a big icon, > then nothing. > > John > > > On 12/7/18 12:18 PM, Bjoern Franke wrote: >> Hi, >> Am 07.12.18 um 21:09 schrieb John R. Sowden: >>> xubuntu 18.04 lts >>> >>> cannot open any pdf files using evince or atril. this iis a recent >>> issue, as I have read pdf files within the last 7 days. >> Can you describe further what "cannot open" means? >> >> Kind regards >> bjo >>
Try opening the file from a terminal $ atril filename.pdf See what warnings appear. The warnings may indicate you are missing a library or config file, for instance. If there are problems with atril, for example, you can try re-installing it. $ sudo apt-get remove atril $ sudo apt-get install atril I have no idea what office menu means. Do you mean LibreOffice and the File | Recent Documents command? If so, LibreOffice does not natively open PDF docs. It has its own ODT, ODS, ODG file formats. - Victor -- Victor Forberger [email protected] blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com
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