Same issue here also with 15.04 Circumstances are not clear. I was running clamscan at that time. Extremely annoying as I had to boot because system was caught in swap. Happened twice.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386120 Title: evince and/or evince-thumbnailer stuck with high cpu load on specific dvi file Status in Evince document viewer: New Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 2) apt-cache policy evince libcairo2 libpoppler[0-9] evince: Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status libcairo2: Installed: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status libpoppler47: Installed: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.28.1-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status apt-cache policy gnome-session-flashback gnome-session-flashback: Installed: 1:3.14.0-3ubuntu6 Candidate: 1:3.14.0-3ubuntu6 Version table: *** 1:3.14.0-3ubuntu6 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen in either gnome-session-flashback (Metacity) or Unity opening https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1386120/+attachment/4288977/+files/test.dvi opens successfully. 4) What happen instead is Evince notes perpetually "Loading", and either or both of evince and evince-thumbnailer get stuck with higher than expected CPU load (30-50% on two core system), and/or RAM (increasing from ~200MB on a 3GB x64 system). This is a regression from Ubuntu 14.04.1. WORKAROUND: Use xdvi from texlive-binaries: apt-cache policy texlive-binaries texlive-binaries: Installed: 2014.20140926.35254-4 Candidate: 2014.20140926.35254-4 Version table: *** 2014.20140926.35254-4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: evince 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Oct 27 11:10:36 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-18 (191 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_DE PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evince UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/1386120/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
