[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
Marking back to New as it was mistakenly marked Fix Released as per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/comments/13 . ** Changed in: pdfchain (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
** Description changed: - When attempting to concatenate scanned PDF files, the following error message is displayed: - PDFTK returned error! - Input/Output Error - Error code: 256 + 1) lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu 12.10 + Release: 12.10 - I was able to successfully concatenate the same files using pdftk via - the command line, so I don't think the problem is with pdftk. - - - - lsb_release -rd - - Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS - Release: 12.04 - - - * - apt-cache policy pdfchain + 2) apt-cache policy pdfchain pdfchain: Installed: 1:0.3.3-1 Candidate: 1:0.3.3-1 Version table: *** 1:0.3.3-1 0 - 500 http://mirror.cs.umn.edu/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages + 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 3) What is expected to happen via the attached click Add some files to + concatenate - highlight page1.pdf and page 2.pdf - click button Add - + highlight page2.pdf - click Move selected files up - button Save As - + final - button save and it print successfully. - Steps to repeat: - Launch PDF Chain application - On Concatenate tab, click [Plus] [+] button to add two or more PDF files - Click Save As button - Give filename and click save - - Expected: - Message saying something like PDFTK returns success - - Instead received following message: - + 4) What happens instead is a window pops up noting: PDFTK returned error! Input/Output Error Error code: 256 + + Running from a terminal: + pdfchain + + PDFTK command: + Error: Given handle has no associated file: +B, used here: B1-endN +Exiting. + Errors encountered. No output created. + Done. Input errors, so no output created. + pdftk A=/home/moniker/Desktop/page1.pdf cat B1-endN A1-endN output /home/moniker/Desktop/final.pdf allow AllFeatures + Input/Output Error - PDFTK returned: 256 + + Original Reporter Comments: I was able to successfully concatenate the + same files using pdftk via the command line, so I don't think the + problem is with pdftk. + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pdfchain 1:0.3.3-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic-pae 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Sep 8 17:35:02 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pdfchain InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pdfchain UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Tags added: quantal ** Changed in: pdfchain (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: pdfchain (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged ** Attachment added: page1.pdf https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+attachment/3473709/+files/page1.pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
** Attachment added: page2.pdf https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+attachment/3473710/+files/page2.pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
Hi Felix, sorry for changing the status wrongly to Fix Released. I thought this would show you a fix is released in general. I released a fix with version 0.3.5 . I should have guessed that you need a fix for version 0.3.3. Your fix for version 0.3.3 does the same as my at version 0.3.5 . It is necessary to re-index the liststore entries before creating the pdftk-command. Because the create-pdftk-command function needs the handles in a sorted way (from A to Z). After adding files the handles are sorted. By moving the files at the list they become unsorted. Thanks and greetings, Martin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
** Also affects: pdfchain Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: pdfchain Status: New = Fix Released ** Changed in: pdfchain (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Johann Felix Soden (johfel) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
As this bug still affects all current official Ubuntu pdfchain packages, this bug was wrongly marked Fix Released, which hides the bug from users. Due to (in my eyes) wrong restrictions in Launchpad, I cannot change/undo this. I would be glad, if Jake Hansen as bug reporter or someone else can fix this. I added the upstream project to this bug, where the bug is really Fix Released. Since Debian testing is in freeze at the moment, I cannot really upload the new pdfchain upstream version via the standard way. However, I will try a different way to provide the current pdfchain upstream version officially to Ubuntu users. But firstly, I want to solve this bug in the pdfchain 0.3.3 version. In newer upstream version, the corresponding code was re-written, which makes a direct backport difficult. However, I found that enabling an extra re-indexing of all handles, solves at least a bug with the same error as this bug that occur when the ordering of two pdf files were changed after adding them. As nobody yet provided me a scanned PDF file which triggers the error, I am currently not able to test if the fix works also for this. I published a minimally modified pdfchain 0.3.3 version that contains the described fix, in my personal PPA ( https://launchpad.net/~johfel/+archive/pdfchain ) and need people who test it. Thank you very much in advance. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
Mimimally modified 0.3.3 worked for me on a pdf that previously caused the error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
For those still on 0.3.3 this work around is successful for me every time. 1. Add one additional file to the pdf to be concatenated (can be a duplicate of one you actually are using) 2. Move the extra file to the end of the list 3. Deselect it using the box on the left 4. Now save and hopefully success. Good luck. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
Hi, now i solved the problem and released a new version (0.3.5). I hope it works fine now. https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfchain/files/pdfchain-0.3.5/ Thanks for the report and best regards. ** Changed in: pdfchain (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: pdfchain (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
Hi, The error code is actually returned by pdftk. If you start pdfchain from a terminal, the created pdftk command appears there. The error message of pdftk is also displayed there. Pdfchain in version 0.3.3 only supports the transfer of the file paths to pdftk using index characters (A to Z). The simpler variant - a simple list of filenames in a row (without options) is supported with version 0.3.4 (Cat Simple). It is possible that the fault is related with the extended delivery of the file name. With direct input of pdftk command probably the simple version was used (without index characters). I think more likely a unhandled special character in the file path. An error with UTF8 characters in the file path is also conceivable. With direct input of pdftk command probably not a complete file path for each document was submitted. Probably it was changed to that directory containing the documents at first. The error returned from pdftk Input Output Error indicates that a file can not be found or read, or the output file can not be created. The fact supplied command (including all special characters) would be helpful. Thaks for sending the bugreport. Best regards, Martin Am Freitag, den 14.09.2012, 08:24 + schrieb Johann Felix Soden: It seems that the problem occurs only with specific pdf files (scanned documents). Can someone attach such a file to this bug report, please? pdfchain tries to count the pages inside the pdf document. I assume that something there gets wrong. Does the bug with pdfchain still occur if the pdf document is processed with pdftk first (pdftk scanned.pdf output scanned_fix.pdf )? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
pdftk A=/home/jake/Desktop/checks_2012-09-09.pdf cat B1-endN A1-endN output /home/jake/Desktop/CHAG_Offering_2012-09-09.pdf allow AllFeatures Input/Output Error - PDFTK returned: 256 That's definitely a fault of pdfchain. I will reproduce the error and sign up as soon as I have solved it. Thanks and greetings. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
It seems that the problem occurs only with specific pdf files (scanned documents). Can someone attach such a file to this bug report, please? pdfchain tries to count the pages inside the pdf document. I assume that something there gets wrong. Does the bug with pdfchain still occur if the pdf document is processed with pdftk first (pdftk scanned.pdf output scanned_fix.pdf )? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
I just encountered the same problem. Trying to concatenate two PDF files: one file generated with LibreOffice, the other scanned. If I use the LibreOffice PDF file as first file followed by the scanned file, PDF Chain works. The other way around (scanned PDF first, followed by the LibreOffice PDF file), PDFChain/pdftk fails. Both files are located in the same directory, so I doubt it's a $PATH problem Console Output in the first case: PDFTK command: pdftk A=/home/andersl/Desktop/Link_AutoRefractor_ProjBook/RootCause_Reports/RootCause_Report_CameraFreeze_bug_181_207.pdf B=/home/andersl/Desktop/Link_AutoRefractor_ProjBook/RootCause_Reports/RootCause_Report_CameraFreeze_bug_181_207.sig.pdf cat A1-endN B1-endN output /home/andersl/Desktop/Link_AutoRefractor_ProjBook/RootCause_Reports/gaga.pdf allow AllFeatures PDFTK returned: 0 Console output in the second case: PDFTK command: Error: Given handle has no associated file: B, used here: B1-endN Exiting. Errors encountered. No output created. Done. Input errors, so no output created. pdftk A=/home/andersl/Desktop/Link_AutoRefractor_ProjBook/RootCause_Reports/RootCause_Report_CameraFreeze_bug_181_207.pdf cat B1-endN A1-endN output /home/andersl/Desktop/Link_AutoRefractor_ProjBook/RootCause_Reports/gaga4.pdf allow AllFeatures Input/Output Error - PDFTK returned: 256 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
I should mention, using pdftk from the command line works either way, regardless of the order of the PDF file. problem seems to be in the PDFChain GUI, not in pdftk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
Here is the command used (from Terminal output): PDFTK command: Error: Given handle has no associated file: B, used here: B1-endN Exiting. Errors encountered. No output created. Done. Input errors, so no output created. pdftk A=/home/jake/Desktop/checks_2012-09-09.pdf cat B1-endN A1-endN output /home/jake/Desktop/CHAG_Offering_2012-09-09.pdf allow AllFeatures Input/Output Error - PDFTK returned: 256 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
I selected two files: /home/jake/Desktop/checks_2012-09-09.pdf and /home/jake/Desktop/Offering_count_sheet_2012-09-09.pdf but it looks like it only recognized the file /home/jake/Desktop/checks_2012-09-09.pdf I don't see the second file referenced in the pdftk command output. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
Thank you for report. To track down the error, could you start pdfchain from a console window (terminal), please? When you then concatenate pdf files, the used pdftk command should be displayed in the terminal. Do you get an error message when you run this command by hand? Or does pdfchain display any error messages in the console? Are spaces or other special characters in the path or filename of the input (or output) pdf files? Another reason for the bug could be a wrongly set PATH environment variable. So run echo $PATH in a terminal and send me the result. Of course, you can replace any private information by random letters. In certain circumstances, it could be helpful if you provide scanned pdf files which shows this strange result, but as it looks at the moment, the problem is outside pdftk. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048045 Title: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfchain/+bug/1048045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1048045] Re: PDF Chain errors when attempting to concatenate PDF files
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