On 12/7/18 2:34 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: > evince: segment fault (core dumped) > atril: opened a atril gui window, selected a pdf file: segment error > (core dumped) > > sound like a trend, > John > > On 12/7/18 12:28 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:26 PM John R. Sowden >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> yes, when I go to the file manager and click on a pdf file, I get the >>> round 'spinning' mouse pointer for 22 second, then back to the pointer. >>> same with both pdf readers. The application never opens. >>> >>> On the other hand, when I click on the document viewer in the office >>> menu, I get a window titled 'recent documents' that is blank. I click on >>> the file foon, get a 'select a file', select my file, get a big icon, >>> then nothing. >>> >> Try running either viewer from a terminal window and see what errors >> show up (and post them here). >> >> Mark
The core dump should leave an error msg. $ cd /var/log/ $ less syslog Type END key to go to the end of the file. Then page up until you find the core dump msg. Press Q key to quit out of less. - Victor -- -- Victor Forberger [email protected] blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com
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