hi sorry for late reply due to illness. the problem seemed to be due to pdf size. i then opened smaller pdf with no problems. large pdf make the system freeze but if left for say 5 mins then would load. regards paul
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dimitrios Symeonidis" <azim...@gmail.com> Sent: Wed, December 31, 2008 16:19 Subject:[Bug 312739] Re: see pdf on destop but veiwer freezes does this happen with only one pdf file, or with all of them? ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- see pdf on destop but veiwer freezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312739 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “evince” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: evince ubuntu 2.24.1- obuntu1 you can see icon of pdf contents on desktop. when clicked document viewer opens and then freezes with the word LOADING. nothing responds only way to carry on is to force quit. ++++++update+++++ pdf document loads- but takes 7 minutes to load if left undistubed ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince Package: evince 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/gausernames LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evince Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 ----- End of original message ----- -- see pdf on destop but veiwer freezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312739 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs