as the bug was opened in 2008, fix was available with upstream evince 2.24 but in ubuntu evince 3.10.3 still is present, here the solution found out of launchpad:
sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.evince /etc/apparmor.d/disable/usr.bin.evince sudo service apparmor restart -- 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/210081 Title: evince will not launch external applications Status in Evince: Fix Released Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: evince In gutsy, evince used to be able to launch external helper applications. In a fully updated hardy, it doesn't seem to do this, at least with the attached example. Steps to reproduce: 1) Download test.tar.gz attachment, unpack in a directory, cd to it. 2) Load test.pdf in gutsy's evince. A movie player will launch if you click on the image on the last page, assuming your system can play MOV files. 3) Load test.pdf in hardy's evince. Even though the tooltip says that evince intends to launch the movie player, it doesn't. However, the movie can be played just fine using a properly configure totem. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/210081/+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
