The bug has been opened on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145602 "Binary package hint: evince Reading a pdf :) (Either resize window or going to next page) ... libpoppler2 0.6-0ubuntu1 ... #0 TextLine::visitSelection (this=0x865e6a8, visitor=0xbfa89308, selection=0xbfa891e8, style=selectionStyleWord) at TextOutputDev.cc:3779 p = (TextWord *) 0x0 begin = (TextWord *) 0x0 end = (TextWord *) 0x0 current = (TextWord *) 0x0 i = <value optimized out> edge_begin = <value optimized out> edge_end = <value optimized out> child_selection = {x1 = 321.87360925678678, y1 = 244.15887850467286, x2 = 612, y2 = 792} #1 0xb6cbda72 in TextBlock::visitSelection (this=0x865e240, visitor=0xbfa89308, selection=0xbfa892a0, style=selectionStyleWord) at TextOutputDev.cc:3879 p = (TextLine *) 0x865e6a8 begin = (TextLine *) 0x865e6a8 end = (TextLine *) 0x0 child_selection = {x1 = 321.87360925678678, y1 = 244.15887850467286, x2 = 612, y2 = 792} start_x = 321.87360925678678 start_y = 244.15887850467286 stop_x = 612 stop_y = 792 #2 0xb6cbdd88 in TextPage::visitSelection (this=0x83d3db8, visitor=0xbfa89308, selection=0xbfa89388, style=selectionStyleWord) at TextOutputDev.cc:3953 i = <value optimized out> begin = <value optimized out> end = 7 child_selection = {x1 = 321.87360925678678, y1 = 244.15887850467286, x2 = 612, y2 = 792} start_x = 321.87360925678678 start_y = 244.15887850467286 stop_x = 321.87360925678678 stop_y = 227.26811999999998 b = (TextBlock *) 0x86e30f0 #3 0xb6cc033d in TextPage::getSelectionRegion (this=0x83d3db8, selection=0xbfa89388, style=selectionStyleWord, scale=1.6341818571090698) at TextOutputDev.cc:3976 sizer = {<TextSelectionVisitor> = {_vptr.TextSelectionVisitor = 0xb6d51ec0, page = 0x83d3db8}, list = 0x86e7618, scale = 1.6341818571090698} #4 0xb6cc03a5 in TextOutputDev::getSelectionRegion (this=0x8566568, selection=0xbfa89388, style=selectionStyleWord, scale=1.6341818571090698) at TextOutputDev.cc:4720 No locals. #5 0xb777c2ac in poppler_page_get_selection_region (page=0x8348878, scale=1.6341818571090698, style=POPPLER_SELECTION_WORD, selection=0x856834c) at poppler-page.cc:562 text_dev = (class TextOutputDev *) 0x0 poppler_selection = {x1 = 324.32131731197148, y1 = 255.17356475300397, x2 = 321.87360925678678, y2 = 244.15887850467286} selection_style = selectionStyleWord list = (GooList *) 0xb777c78f rect = {x = -1079471160, y = -1221106583, width = -1220399548, height = -1220677092} region = (GdkRegion *) 0x1 i = <value optimized out> #6 0x0809d9c6 in pdf_selection_get_selection_region (selection=0x8348990, rc=0xb54c5d68, style=EV_SELECTION_STYLE_WORD, points=0x856834c) at /build/buildd/evince-2.20.0/./backend/pdf/ev-poppler.cc:1868 retval = (GdkRegion *) 0x0 #7 0x0809c6ec in ev_selection_get_selection_region (selection=0x8348990, rc=0xb54c5d68, style=EV_SELECTION_STYLE_WORD, points=0x856834c) at /build/buildd/evince-2.20.0/./libdocument/ev-selection.c:103 No locals. #8 0x0806b0bb in ev_pixbuf_cache_get_selection_surface (pixbuf_cache=0x8616c00, page=5, scale=1.63418186, region=0xbfa894d8) at /build/buildd/evince-2.20.0/./shell/ev-pixbuf-cache.c:1022 old_points = (EvRectangle *) 0x856832c text = <value optimized out> base = <value optimized out> job_info = (CacheJobInfo *) 0x8568308 __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "ev_pixbuf_cache_get_selection_surface" #9 0x0806eff8 in merge_selection_region (view=0x8621348, new_list=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/evince-2.20.0/./shell/ev-view.c:5255 tmp_region = (GdkRegion *) 0x0 old_sel = (EvViewSelection *) 0x863b9a0 new_sel = (EvViewSelection *) 0x86e99e0 cur_page = 5 region = <value optimized out> old_list = (GList *) 0x83cfb10 new_list_ptr = (GList *) 0x0 old_list_ptr = (GList *) 0x0 __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "merge_selection_region" #10 0x0807395b in compute_selections (view=0x8621348, style=EV_SELECTION_STYLE_WORD, start=0x8621484, stop=0x8621484) at /build/buildd/evince-2.20.0/./shell/ev-view.c:5330 list = (GList *) 0xb3448360 #11 0x08073b76 in selection_update_idle_cb (view=0x8621348) at /build/buildd/evince-2.20.0/./shell/ev-view.c:2813 No locals. #12 0xb7350551 in g_idle_dispatch (source=0x869a9c8, callback=0, user_data=0x8621348) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.14.1/glib/gmain.c:4132 No locals. #13 0xb735211c in IA__g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x810b660) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.14.1/glib/gmain.c:2061 No locals. #14 0xb735555f in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x810b660, block=1, dispatch=1, self=0x80e23c0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.14.1/glib/gmain.c:2694 got_ownership = <value optimized out> max_priority = 200 timeout = 0 some_ready = 1 nfds = <value optimized out> allocated_nfds = <value optimized out> fds = (GPollFD *) 0x85f98e0 __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "g_main_context_iterate" #15 0xb7355909 in IA__g_main_loop_run (loop=0x81154e8) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.14.1/glib/gmain.c:2898 got_ownership = -1222310640 self = (GThread *) 0x80e23c0 __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "IA__g_main_loop_run" #16 0xb79909e4 in IA__gtk_main () at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.12.0/gtk/gtkmain.c:1144 tmp_list = (GList *) 0x8119c28 functions = (GList *) 0x0 init = (GtkInitFunction *) 0x0 loop = (GMainLoop *) 0x81154e8 #17 0x0808a800 in main (argc=2, argv=) at /build/buildd/evince-2.20.0/./shell/main.c:383 enable_metadata = 1 context = <value optimized out> args = (GHashTable *) 0x80e4840 program = (GnomeProgram *) 0x80eb810 #18 0xb7186050 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #19 0x0805e821 in _start () ..."
You can get a testcase here (economics lesson :-) ): http://ledezma.ivan.googlepages.com/4thSession.pdf Select text repeatedly with the mouse in Evince, on page 13 for example, and you'll soon get the crash (fully reproducible but somewhat random). Please just ask if you need more informations.
Can you try with poppler 0.10.3?
Not for now: I'll be able to try it around April, when Ubuntu 9.04 is released. Can't you try the testcase? :-p
I don't have evince installed
I can't reproduce it with the Fedora 9 evince (Evince Document Viewer 2.22.2, claims to be using poppler 0.8.7 (cairo).
Brad Hards: This is strange, because I remember having experienced this problem for some time (i.e. sooner than 2.24) - though maybe with other documents than this one. Anyway, I've installed poppler 0.10.3 and evince 2.25 with development packages (and several missing dependencies), and the bug has disappeared! I rather feared that missing libraries would make it crash all the time on my system... So it looks like you have silently fixed that in some way, which is great! Thanks, and keep up the good work!
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