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poppler package

document reader stays at loading while reading pdf pages

Bug #406594 reported by Ian Lowrie
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Poppler
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poppler (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: evince

Document Viewer 2.26.1
under Ubuntu 9.04/Linux 2.6.28-14-generic/GNOME 2.26.1

1. Open "Failing pdf example" (attached) using evince. First page appears with 'next'.
2a. Press 'next' - "LOADING" appears, but nothing else. repeating 'next' -> same result.
OR
2b. Press 'next' - "LOADING" appears, but nothing else. press 'previous' -> first page appears OK
OR
2c. Use pull down magnification adjustment can result in hanging also. But using Control+ or Control- seem OK (though the result looks rather ragged!)

None of 2a,b, or c were expected behaviours.

Other pdfs open OK

Same example doc opens ok in Adobe Reader 9 version 9.1.2 for linux

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: evince 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evince
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686

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Ian Lowrie (nzukca-deactivatedaccount) wrote : document reader hangs reading pdf pages

Binary package hint: evince

Document Viewer 2.26.1
under Ubuntu 9.04/Linux 2.6.28-14-generic/GNOME 2.26.1

1. Open "Failing pdf example" (attached) using evince. First page appears with 'next'.
2a. Press 'next' - "LOADING" appears, but nothing else. repeating 'next' -> same result.
OR
2b. Press 'next' - "LOADING" appears, but nothing else. press 'previous' -> first page appears OK
OR
2c. Use pull down magnification adjustment can result in hanging also. But using Control+ or Control- seem OK (though the result looks rather ragged!)

None of 2a,b, or c were expected behaviours.

Other pdfs open OK

Same example doc opens ok in Adobe Reader 9 version 9.1.2 for linux

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: evince 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evince
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686

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Ian Lowrie (nzukca-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

errors on the command line are: Error (21192): Invalid symbol number in JBIG2 text region ; seems to be a poppler issue, reassigning.

affects: evince (Ubuntu) → poppler (Ubuntu)
summary: - document reader hangs reading pdf pages
+ document reader stays at loading while reading pdf pages
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23025

Changed in poppler (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Changed in poppler:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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In , Albert Astals Cid (aacid) wrote :

The pdf has a stream we fail to decode properly and enter almost an infinite loop.

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In , David Benjamin (davidben) wrote :

Created an attachment (id=29194)
Correctly set the value of symCodeLen

JBIG2Stream had an off-by-one error. It was computing symCodeLen incorrectly. (1+floor vs ceil). This patch should fix it.

Did I mention this mistake was hard to find? I had the spec in one hand, JBIG2Stream.cc in the other...

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In , David Benjamin (davidben) wrote :

Actually, should symCodeLen = 0 if they sum to 1? The spec doesn't say anything about it, but I suspect decoder->readBits(0) is going to be confused. Are they supposed to add up to always add to more? poppler should probably cleanly reject the file in that case.

Someone who actually knows how JBIG2 works?

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In , Albert Astals Cid (aacid) wrote :

Well, you patch fixes 3 files and regresses none here so i'll take it as good for the moment. I've commited it so i'm closing the bug

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Changed in poppler:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the bug has been fixed upstream now

Changed in poppler (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the bug is fixed in karmic and lucid

Changed in poppler (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Changed in poppler:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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Changed in poppler:
importance: Medium → Unknown
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importance: Unknown → Medium
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