After installing tetex-base, tetex-bin and tetex-extra I am able to open the attached .dvi file. Before installing these packages, evince used to say "DVI document has incorrect format" when I was trying to open *any* .dvi file.
However, I didn't notice any system slow-down while evince tried to generate a thumbnail, a file named "missfont.log" appeared in my home folder instead. -- Evince-thumbnailler bug with thumbnail of .dvi https://launchpad.net/bugs/42410 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
