Launchpad has imported 8 comments from the remote bug at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61506.
If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2013-02-26T12:31:44+00:00 Nqn1976 wrote: With ghostscript 9.07, libspectre-based viewers like evince and okular can't display .ps files anymore. Reverting to 9.06 fixes it. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1159931/comments/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2013-03-06T23:12:20+00:00 Albert Astals Cid wrote: Giving some files https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=77770 https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=77771 Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1159931/comments/1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2013-03-07T17:46:00+00:00 Albert Astals Cid wrote: using LANG=C fixes it, i.e. LANG=C okular myfile.eps LANG=C evince myfile.eps Will make it work Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1159931/comments/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2013-03-08T15:02:35+00:00 Albert Astals Cid wrote: Talked to the ghostcript devels and they agree it's a bug in their side, for now they said we can workaround it by adding char *lala = setlocale(LC_ALL, "POSIX"); gsaspi_call setlocale(LC_ALL, lala); to our code. Carlos, what do you think? Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1159931/comments/3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2013-03-30T11:23:17+00:00 Carlos Garcia Campos wrote: (In reply to comment #3) > Talked to the ghostcript devels and they agree it's a bug in their side, for > now they said we can workaround it by adding > char *lala = setlocale(LC_ALL, "POSIX"); > gsaspi_call > setlocale(LC_ALL, lala); > > to our code. for every call to the GS API? > Carlos, what do you think? The problem of that hack is that setlocale might affect other threads currently running. Do we know which versions exactly are affected by this bug? Is it fixed already? is there a patch distros could apply? Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1159931/comments/8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2013-04-06T18:52:58+00:00 Albert Astals Cid wrote: (In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > Talked to the ghostcript devels and they agree it's a bug in their side, for > > now they said we can workaround it by adding > > char *lala = setlocale(LC_ALL, "POSIX"); > > gsaspi_call > > setlocale(LC_ALL, lala); > > > > to our code. > > for every call to the GS API? That's what they said > > > Carlos, what do you think? > > The problem of that hack is that setlocale might affect other threads > currently running. Oh, that's bad > Do we know which versions exactly are affected by this > bug? 9.07 > Is it fixed already? is there a patch distros could apply? No clue, i told them on IRC and they said the bug has been there forever, but it's not since with 9.06 it works, they said they'd fix it but can't find anything in their git log that says it's been fixed. Going to download and compile now to try here Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1159931/comments/13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2013-04-06T21:45:45+00:00 Albert Astals Cid wrote: Tried last git version and still fails :_/ Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1159931/comments/14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2013-04-07T14:18:42+00:00 Albert Astals Cid wrote: Upstream bug http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693843 Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1159931/comments/15 ** Changed in: libspectre Status: Unknown => Confirmed ** Changed in: libspectre Importance: Unknown => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159931 Title: Evince not rendering Postscript files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gs-gpl/+bug/1159931/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
