--- xournal-0.4.2.1/src/xo-file.c.orig	2008-03-21 17:59:19.000000000 -0500
+++ xournal-0.4.2.1/src/xo-file.c	2009-01-29 12:07:14.000000000 -0600
@@ -987,7 +993,20 @@
   for (npad = 6; npad>0; npad--) {
      ppm_name = g_strdup_printf("%s/p-%0*d.ppm", bgpdf.tmpdir, npad, req->pageno);
      if (bgpdf.status != STATUS_ABORTED && bgpdf.status != STATUS_SHUTDOWN)
-       pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file(ppm_name, NULL);
+     { // workaround for PPM loading issue in recent GTK
+       gchar *buf;
+       gsize count;
+       GdkPixbufLoader *loader = gdk_pixbuf_loader_new_with_type("pnm",
+NULL);
+       if (loader!=NULL && g_file_get_contents(ppm_name, &buf, &count,
+NULL))
+       {
+         gdk_pixbuf_loader_write(loader, buf, count, NULL);
+         pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf(loader);
+         gdk_pixbuf_loader_close(loader, NULL);
+         g_free(buf);
+       }
+     }
      ret = unlink(ppm_name);
      g_free(ppm_name);
      if (pixbuf != NULL || ret == 0) break;