Had the same issue, that's not an evinve bug but an apparmor setting. Jul 28 18:58:43 srv kernel: [72850.817899] type=1400 audit(1343494723.203:57): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=1 profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/var/lib/neatx/sessions/BAE9AA453968D56474867B197BE1EFD3/authority" pid=9301 comm="evince" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523803 Title: Evince (No protocol specified) + NX floating windows mode Status in Evince document viewer: New Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: evince 1) Ubuntu 9.10 2) Evince 2.28.1-0ubuntu1.2 3) Evince should open. 4) I am using NeatX (NoMachine NX free server) http://code.google.com/p/neatx/ ppa:freenx-team/ppa When it is used in Floating Windows mode (no virtual desktop) evince drops with this message: "No protocol specified cannot parse arguments: Can't open display :" It's the only application with such a problem... ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Feb 18 14:30:56 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Package: evince 2.28.1-0ubuntu1.2 ProcEnviron: LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic SourcePackage: evince Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/523803/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp