It seems Marcel was right about cairo. The rendering issue is fixed and the document renders a lot faster on Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" with the following packages:
evince 3.6.1-1ubuntu3 poppler 0.20.5-1ubuntu3 cairo 1.12.14-0ubuntu1 I can also fix the rendering issue on Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" by using the 1.12.14-0ubuntu1~precise1 package from the xorg-edgers PPA. However rendering is still slow on Precise. ** Package changed: poppler (Ubuntu) => cairo (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: cairo (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700657 Title: Evince very slow rendering To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/poppler/+bug/700657/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs