Following the steps above to create my own presentation slide in LibreOffice with a gradient background I was able to reproduce this. My system is running precise beta 1 (AMD64).
-- 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/164233 Title: [Upstream] [hardy] Opening pdf with smooth gradient in Evince displays striped Status in Evince document viewer: New Status in Poppler: New Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 2) apt-cache policy evince evince: Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.2 Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.2 Version table: *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.32.0-0ubuntu12 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected in Impress via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/164233/+attachment/2281555/+files/example.odp && loimpress -nologo example.odp export the file with Gradient 1 inserted into the background to pdf ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/164233/+attachment/2281556/+files/example.pdf ), open the pdf with Evince and it looks as it does in both Impress and Adobe Reader. 4) What happens instead is Evince shows a striped gradient. WORKAROUND: Use Adobe Reader. apt-cache policy acroread acroread: Installed: 9.4.2-0natty1 Candidate: 9.4.2-0natty1 Version table: *** 9.4.2-0natty1 0 500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty/partner i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/164233/+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