Sorry for so much editing and changing the status, I got confused before
I fully understood what the problems where.
** Description changed:
- This PDF file came as an email attachment.
- The file is correctly opened on Windows XP using free software SumatraPDF .
+ EDITED
- In Evince 3.2.1, the error message says it could not open it because it
- is a "text/plain" file. (Ubuntu 11.10 gnome classic).
+ This PDF file came as an email attachment. It weights 86 KB.
- In Nautilus, the mime type is displayed as "application/pdf".
+ 1. In Thunderbird the file can never be opened by evince.
+ In Evince, the error message says it could not open it because it is a
"text/plain" file.
- On another computer with Ubuntu 10.10 and Evince 2.32.0 the behavior is
different :
- - from the email client (Thunderbird), trying to open the file leads to the
same error ;
- - when the file is saved on the hard disk, then it can be opened correctly.
+ 2. When the file is saved to the hard disk from Thunderbird, sometimes
+ (but not always !) the file is corrupt (truncated to 2 KB - see
+ attachment).
- With evince 3.2.1. it never opens.
+ If the file is truncated, evince produces the same error message than when
opening from Thunderbird.
+ However in Nautilus, the mime type is displayed as "application/pdf".
- EDIT : bug is still there after package update to evince 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.2
- bug is there also under gnome-shell and unity.
+ If the file is correctly saved to the hard disk, then it opens allright.
+
+ So, despite the fact that an error message appears in evince, it seems
+ that the problem comes from Thunderbird.
+
+ Yet THE ERROR MESSAGE IN EVINCE IS NOT CORRECT : the file is not
+ "text/plain", it is corrupt.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
- Package: evince 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.1
+ Package: evince 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.1 and 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.2 (also evince 2.32.0)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 31 23:54:43 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric" - Build i386 LIVE Binary
20111013-11:02
SourcePackage: evince
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Summary changed:
- a PDF file could not be opened claiming it is a text/plain file
+ evince claims a corrupt PDF file that could not open is a "text/plain" file
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => New
** Description changed:
EDITED
- This PDF file came as an email attachment. It weights 86 KB.
+ This PDF file came as an email attachment. It weights originaly 86 KB.
1. In Thunderbird the file can never be opened by evince.
- In Evince, the error message says it could not open it because it is a
"text/plain" file.
+ In evince, the error message says it could not open it because it is a
"text/plain" file.
2. When the file is saved to the hard disk from Thunderbird, sometimes
(but not always !) the file is corrupt (truncated to 2 KB - see
attachment).
- If the file is truncated, evince produces the same error message than when
opening from Thunderbird.
- However in Nautilus, the mime type is displayed as "application/pdf".
+ If the file is correctly saved to the hard disk, then it opens allright.
- If the file is correctly saved to the hard disk, then it opens allright.
+ If the file is truncated, evince produces the same error message than
+ when opening from Thunderbird.
So, despite the fact that an error message appears in evince, it seems
that the problem comes from Thunderbird.
Yet THE ERROR MESSAGE IN EVINCE IS NOT CORRECT : the file is not
- "text/plain", it is corrupt.
+ "text/plain", it is corrupt. This is not a very serious bug but it
+ brings confusion.
+
+ Note that in Nautilus, the mime type of the corrupt file is displayed
+ correctly as "application/pdf".
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: evince 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.1 and 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.2 (also evince 2.32.0)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 31 23:54:43 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric" - Build i386 LIVE Binary
20111013-11:02
SourcePackage: evince
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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