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[Doug Morse <dm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jamie,

Thanks for the help, although I'm not sure the actions you propose will
fix the problem.  /local/stores/morse is just a place I store large
files on a separate partition and has nothing to do with evince.  I
relocate /usr/local to /srv/system/usr/local, a separate parition, and
create a symlink so as to preserve /usr/local contents across fresh
installs (which I typically perform instead of dist upgrades).  The only
way I think /usr/local -> /srv/system/usr/local could be involved is
that /usr/local/share/mime/mime.cache appears to be used by evince.  Why
mime.cache is kept on /usr/local by debian / ubuntu is a mystery to me;
it's the one file that has prevented me from unmount /usr/local in the
past on previous installs -- by convention and perhaps by POSIX
standards, the OS should not by definition and by default not have any
dependencies on /usr/local, but that's another matter and not that big a
deal. :)

At any rate, I'm using evince fine since moving my trivial theme
customizations from $HOME/.themes to /usr/share/themes
($HOME=/home/morse, on a separate /home partition; $HOME !=
/local/morse) and I appreciate the all the help.  So, the main issue is
resolved -- that I wasn't able to use evince at the time.  However, I do
believe that the theme customization issue remains unresolved (i.e., I
shouldn't have to / it's "bad form" to change files in /usr/share), but
that's another bug for another time. :)

Thanks again and best wishes,
Doug

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876929

Title:
  Evince crashes (segfault) under Unity with a custom theme

Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I have created a custom theme -- a trivial derivation of Ubuntu
  11.10's stock Ambiance them, with the only changes being changing the
  selection color from orange to blue (1 color change in 3 files) -- and
  everything works fine except that evince crashes with a segfault.

  I have run strace on evince -- attached -- of which the last four
  lines are:

  access("/home/morse/.themes/Dougs Theme/gtk-3.0/gtk.css", F_OK) = 0
  open("/home/morse/.themes/Dougs Theme/gtk-3.0/gtk.css", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
  --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
  +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

  All the relevant directories (/home, /home/morse,
  /home/morse/.themes/, etc.) are either mode 755 or 700, files are mode
  600,  and all have uid/gid that is my account.

  So, I'm quite puzzled as to why evince is getting a permission denied
  error, and even more so as to why this would result in a segfault.

  Any help most appreciated, as I use evince all the time and it's
  rather annoying having to change my theme back to "Ambiance" just to
  get evince to work, whereas all other apps I've used since upgrading
  to 11.10 work just fine with my slightly customized theme.

  Thanks.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: evince 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Oct 17 17:29:57 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: evince
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (3 days ago)

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