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I have the same problem, but the above solutions don't work:

$evince testpdf.pdf 
No protocol specified

** (evince:5819): WARNING **: Could not open X display
No protocol specified
gdk_mir_display_open
Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display:

dmesg gives:
[  862.287951] audit: type=1400 audit(1433776649.140:49): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/work/davids/.Xauthority" pid=5819 comm="evince" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1011 ouid=1011

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure apparmor   (with name=/work/davids/)

update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.bin.firefox
Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.sbin.rsyslogd

Try again:

$evince testpdf.pdf 
No protocol specified

** (evince:5991): WARNING **: Could not open X display
No protocol specified
gdk_mir_display_open
Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display:

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1433165

Title:
  evince fails to run due to a gdk_mir_display_open

Status in evince package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Here's what happens when I try to run evince under 15.04. No evince
  window comes up. Instead, just:

  
  > evince 

  No protocol specified

  ** (evince:22430): WARNING **: Could not open X display
  No protocol specified
  gdk_mir_display_open
  Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory
  Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
  Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display:

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: evince 3.14.2-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-9.9-generic 3.19.1
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-9-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Mar 17 11:47:57 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-07 (9 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150306)
  SourcePackage: evince
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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