Resending this to the bts because it seems it didn't make it through the first time.
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 12:04:49AM -0700, Diane Trout wrote: > Interestingly if I rebuild the debian package and run it from the build > directory it works. > > ie in the result of running apt-get source evince > > this command works > > ./debian/tmp/usr/bin/evince ~/dl/ENCODE\ Consortium\ Meeting_\ > Encyclopedia\ 2016.pdf > > and this one doesn't > > evince ~/dl/ENCODE\ Consortium\ Meeting_\ Encyclopedia\ 2016.pdf > > (evince:6887): Gdk-WARNING **: Failed to load cursor theme DMZ-White > > (evince:6887): Gdk-WARNING **: Failed to load cursor theme DMZ-White > ** > Gdk:ERROR:/build/gtk+3.0-dN7rjx/gtk+3.0- > 3.22.1/./gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay- > wayland.c:1012:_gdk_wayland_display_get_scaled_cursor_theme: assertion > failed: (display_wayland->cursor_theme_name) It's aborting because loading the cursor theme is failing for some reason. And this may be a wild guess, but can you check permissions on $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR ? You'll need write access to that directory.