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Title:
  evince cannot render some EPS files

Status in Evince:
  Unknown
Status in libspectre:
  Confirmed
Status in evince package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in libspectre package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in evince source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in libspectre source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I upgraded to Ubuntu Saucy,
  evince cannot render EPS files generated by gnuplot.
  (Just show an empty page.)

  [how to reproduce]

  1. Generate an EPS file using gnuplot by executing the following command.
  $ gnuplot -e "set terminal postscript; set output 'test.eps'; plot x;"

  2. Open the file "test.eps" just created.
  $ evince "test.eps"

  The following are what evince writes to the terminal.

  (evince:24176): EvinceDocument-CRITICAL **: ev_document_get_n_pages:
  assertion 'EV_IS_DOCUMENT (document)' failed

  (evince:24176): Gtk-WARNING **: drawing failure for widget `EvView':
  invalid matrix (not invertible)

  (evince:24176): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_from_surface:
  assertion 'width > 0 && height > 0' failed

  (evince:24176): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_from_surface:
  assertion 'width > 0 && height > 0' failed

  3. Then evince just shows an empty (white) page.

  ===

  If i rotate 90 or -90 degree by pressing Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right key,
  evince can show this file correctly.

  ===

  Okular, GIMP, inkscape and gs can show this EPS file.
  (may be rotated 90 degree, however)

  
  [Impact]

  With the default viewer for PostrScript and EPS files, many files do
  not display and produce errors/warnings. Users usually do not know
  that they can visualize these files by rotating the page and rotated
  it is also not in a very useful orientation.

  [Test Case]

  Display the attached EPS file with evince or follow the steps under
  "how to reproduce" above. Rotate the page via Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right
  and the image is only visible for two of the four orientations. Withe
  the proposed package the problem get solved. The image is visible in
  all the four orientations.

  [Regression Potential]

  Low, as tested with various files and reviewed by several upstream
  developers.

  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: evince 3.10.0-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Oct 21 21:23:15 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-07 (44 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: evince
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-04 (16 days ago)

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