I believe I have found the solution to this problem, I think it was caused by an incorrect AppArmor setup.
My home directory is not located in /home/ but the AppArmor /etc/apparmor.d/tunables/home tunable had not been updated to reflect this as described in: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingApparmor#Adjusting_Tunables After adding my home directory to the @{HOME} list, or alternatively the location to @{HOMEDIRS}, the problem with evince has gone away. -- 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/1247621 Title: Cannot type in evince search field in Ubuntu 13.10 Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since I've upgraded to ubuntu 13.10, and evince 3.10.0, the search field doesn't works. I can't type any text on it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ubuntu version: *** 3.10.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages Evince version: *** 3.10.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1247621/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
