Bug 6458

Backtrace of the crash:

(gdb) r IN3510_5.2.pdf
Starting program: /usr/bin/evince IN3510_5.2.pdf
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1229207872 (LWP 28782)]
[New Thread -1230894160 (LWP 28786)]
Error: Embedded font file is not a stream
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'
Error: Embedded font file is not a stream
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'
Error: Couldn't find a font for '(unnamed)'

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1229207872 (LWP 28782)]
GooString (this=0x85c5cd0, str=0x878389a) at GooString.h:50
50        int getLength() { return length; }
Current language:  auto; currently c++
(gdb) bt
#0  GooString (this=0x85c5cd0, str=0x878389a) at GooString.h:50
#1  0xb7936ab8 in SplashFontSrc::setFile (this=0x844c468, file=0x878389a,
    del=142096538) at GooString.h:38
#2  0xb7890682 in SplashOutputDev::updateFont (this=0x8432058, state=0x85cd648)
    at SplashOutputDev.cc:1017
#3  0xb790ca9a in TextSelectionPainter::visitWord (this=0xbf9423d4,
    word=0x85dff20, begin=0, end=4, selection=0xbf9422c8)
    at TextOutputDev.cc:3363
#4  0xb790ccba in TextWord::visitSelection (this=0x85dff20,
    visitor=0xbf9423d4, selection=0xbf9422c8) at TextOutputDev.cc:3400
#5  0xb790cee8 in TextLine::visitSelection (this=0x85dfbc8,
    visitor=0xbf9423d4, selection=0xbf9422c8) at TextOutputDev.cc:3438
#6  0xb7912790 in TextBlock::visitSelection (this=0x846e7d0,
    visitor=0xbf9423d4, selection=0xbf942360) at TextOutputDev.cc:3510
#7  0xb7912948 in TextPage::visitSelection (this=0x85e7858,
    visitor=0xbf9423d4, selection=0xbf942578) at TextOutputDev.cc:3583
#8  0xb7913e8c in TextPage::drawSelection (this=0x85e7858, out=0x878389a,
    scale=544.45186188734351, rotation=142096538, selection=0x878389a,
    glyph_color=0x878389a, box_color=0x878389a) at TextOutputDev.cc:3596
#9  0xb7913ef8 in TextOutputDev::drawSelection (this=0x878389a, out=0x878389a,
    scale=544.45186188734351, rotation=142096538, selection=0x878389a,
    glyph_color=0x878389a, box_color=0x878389a) at TextOutputDev.cc:4180
#10 0xb79890e5 in poppler_page_render_selection ()
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
   from /usr/lib/libpoppler-glib.so.1
#11 0x080929f3 in pdf_selection_render_selection ()
#12 0x0809047c in ev_selection_render_selection ()
#13 0x0806a6e8 in ev_pixbuf_cache_get_selection_pixbuf ()
#14 0x0806eeac in ev_view_can_zoom_out ()
#15 0xb72b5540 in _gtk_marshal_BOOLEAN__BOXED (closure=0x812f1e0,
    return_value=0xbf9429c0, n_param_values=2, param_values=0xbf942abc,
    invocation_hint=0xbf9429ac, marshal_data=0xbf942dac) at gtkmarshalers.c:83
#16 0xb6e0816f in g_type_class_meta_marshal ()
   from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#17 0xb6e0879f in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#18 0xb6e179d8 in signal_emit_unlocked_R () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#19 0xb6e18856 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0

Seems more a TextSelectionPainter problem for me

Doesn't appear to crash with evince (using 0.5.4), or with top-of-tree head.

The Ubuntu bug-tracker (see original report for link) for bug36747 also contains a comment that it appears to work with 0.6.

I'm closing this for now - please reopen if you can reproduce this problem