I just saw this bug too. Do we both happen to have linux kernel 4.14.0 installed? Mine is custom-compiled, and I believe 4.14.0 isn't part of ubuntu 17.10 yet, right?
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 uname -a Linux abelo 4.14.0-custom #1 SMP Wed Nov 15 19:50:07 CET 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux dpkg -l evince [...] ii evince 3.26.0-1 amd64 Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731928 Title: Evince hangs giving "Failed to Reload: Timeout was reached" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1731928/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs