I think this may be the same problem as a bug I just reported, but I only have experienced this on Maverick, and it happens all the time for me.
The last things that strace shows before it hangs are: 20:47:55.554915 pipe2([14, 15], O_CLOEXEC) = 0 20:47:55.555104 write(9, "A", 1) = 1 20:47:55.555154 futex(0x7f393fff3788, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1 20:47:55.555191 futex(0x7f393ffccc40, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1 20:47:55.555232 futex(0x7f393ffe9720, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1 20:47:55.555303 poll([{fd=14, events=POLLIN}], 1, 25000^C <unfinished ...> -- evince mostly un-responsive, without CPU load https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507679 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs