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[Bug 1386120] Re: evince and/or evince-thumbnailer stuck with high cpu load on specific dvi file

 

This bug affected my computer during the last two weeks or so, likely
from an update. There is a .dvi file in my Desktop folder, so it get
thumbnailed automatically. During these past days this thumbnailing
process for this file stalled. System monitor shows evince-thumbnailer
taking almost all resource.

After I moved this .dvi file to another folder the system returned to
normal.

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Title:
  evince and/or evince-thumbnailer stuck with high cpu load on specific
  dvi file

Status in Evince document viewer:
  New
Status in evince package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
  Release:	15.04

  2) apt-cache policy evince libcairo2 libpoppler[0-9]
  evince:
    Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  libcairo2:
    Installed: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  libpoppler47:
    Installed: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.28.1-1ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  apt-cache policy gnome-session-flashback
  gnome-session-flashback:
    Installed: 1:3.14.0-3ubuntu6
    Candidate: 1:3.14.0-3ubuntu6
    Version table:
   *** 1:3.14.0-3ubuntu6 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) What is expected to happen in either gnome-session-flashback
  (Metacity) or Unity opening
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1386120/+attachment/4288977/+files/test.dvi
  opens successfully.

  4) What happen instead is Evince notes perpetually "Loading", and
  either or both of evince and evince-thumbnailer get stuck with higher
  than expected CPU load (30-50% on two core system), and/or RAM
  (increasing from ~200MB on a 3GB x64 system). This is a regression
  from Ubuntu 14.04.1.

  WORKAROUND: Use xdvi from texlive-binaries:
  apt-cache policy texlive-binaries
  texlive-binaries:
    Installed: 2014.20140926.35254-4
    Candidate: 2014.20140926.35254-4
    Version table:
   *** 2014.20140926.35254-4 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: evince 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Oct 27 11:10:36 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-18 (191 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: evince
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (1 days ago)

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