Evince not opening PDF

[Rob Dawson]

I can't say why its hanging but I tried it on my 12.04 (64bit) machine
and it took a fair while to open in Evince - >60 seconds.  It opened
instantly in Firefox (using the Adobe plugin) and also instantly in
Acrobat Reader.  I always install AR on my new installs and make it the
default for pdfs just to get all it's 'bells and whistles' but as a
troubleshooting exercise you might want to install AR and try opening it
with that so you can eliminate either of the document or the application
as the cause?

Cheers,

Rob

On 18/07/12 21:38, OPM595 wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I installed 12.04 on a friends laptop a few weeks ago and all's been going
> fine up until today when they downloaded and attempted to open a PDF from
> NSW Music Exams Board using Evince. Evince attempts to open and hangs
> while loading. I get the same result from my Laptop using 10.04, and have
> to force Evince to quit.
>
> Unfortunately, to rub salt into my wounds, this friend has contacted a
> Windows user, who downloaded, opened and printed the document in seconds.
> I've never had a problem ever opening PDF files on Ubuntu, and of all
> things it has to happen now with a new convert :(
>
> For reference the actual document in question can be downloaded here:
> http://www.ameb.nsw.edu.au/pdf_doc/prac-exam-enrolment-form-2012.pdf
>
> If anyone could possibly let me know what might be the issue here, that
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Rob
>
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