@chasedouglas & @bregma: I've looked into this problem some more and the fix should be relatively trivial. I'll attempt to briefly describe the cause of the error, outline a simple solution, and will attach a patch that can be applied to the utouch-geis 2.2.10 source which fixes the problem for me.
The cause of the delay is that `_geis_wait_for_init` attempts to wait a full 5 seconds (GEIS_DEFAULT_INIT_TIMEOUT) or until the Geis backend is initialized. In the event of a failure, i.e., when no backend can be initialized, the 5 second waiting period is still observed. To fix this bug, we need only signal the failure of the initialization process so we can abort from `_geis_wait_for_init` immediately. To do so, I propose the following changes: 1) Add a new GeisState, GEIS_STATE_ERROR 2) Set geis->state to GEIS_STATE_ERROR whenever no backend can be initialized and we are out of fallbacks. 3) Check for geis->state == GEIS_STATE_ERROR in _geis_wait_for_init and abort. ** Patch added: "libutouch-geis-state-error.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geis/+bug/997630/+attachment/3250585/+files/libutouch-geis-state-error.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997630 Title: evince and eog broken on remote sessions (X, NX, x2go and VNC) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/geis/+bug/997630/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
