I'm seing this with the attached file. The workaround in #4 solves it for me.
** Attachment added: "answer.pdf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1386120/+attachment/4287910/+files/answer.pdf ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- 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/1386120 Title: evince and evince-thumbnailer stuck with high cpu load Status in Evince document viewer: New Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Both evince and evince-thumbnailer get stuck with high CPU load when trying to open a DVI file with embedded EPS images. The DVI is output from latex. Very annoying as evince-thumbnailer is triggered automatically in the background every time the DVI file changes. This is a regression as it was working fine just two days ago with 14.04 before the update. 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/1386120/+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