I can reproduce this on Ubuntu 10.10 32bit. I can see the same blocky artifacts on the left figure as shown in your screenshot. The file looked normal in Lucid. This is a regression.
Packages: evince 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1 libpoppler7 0.14.3-0ubuntu1.2 libcairo2 1.10.0-1ubuntu3 ** Tags added: regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771874 Title: pdf display artifact, possible regression. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/771874/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs