I just did a fresh install of 14.04.2 from a newly downloaded 14.04.2
iso. This contains libspectre1_0.2.7-2ubuntu1.1_amd64 and produces the
bug.
I tried Corentin's fix to install the vanilla version, but compiling
crashed with:
dpkg-genchanges: error: cannot read
Thanks Edouard,
Yes, I can confirm that appending the showpage command to my eps files
causes them to be rendered correctly by evince and libspectre. From what
I can tell reading the latest EPS standard
(https://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf),
as you say, showpage
Hi John,
You can download the old package from ubuntu:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libspectre1
Install with : sudo dpkg -i libspectre1_0.2.6-1build1_amd64.deb
Do not try and remove the newer 0.2.7 package before you install this
one, that would require you to remove a ton of stuff to
I am experiencing what appears to be the same problem. Just upgraded to
14.04 from 12.04, all of my eps files now have black backgrounds when
viewed with evince. I've attached an example eps file.
The file displays normally with ghostview.
** Attachment added: Example eps file that renders with
The source of this problem is contained within the libspectre1 library.
This is the evince postscript backend. Between precise and trusty,
libspectre1 was upgraded from 0.2.6-1build1 to 0.2.7-2ubuntu1.1. I
downloaded and installed the previous version from the precise archive
and eps files now
