I can confirm I see the same behavior with the pdf file provided by the original reporter.
The valgrind output may be difficult to interpret. I see many of the same errors in valgrind of evince processing pdf files that don't provoke this behavior. I found it hard to find any error that wasn't present in both cases. -- 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/1287124 Title: memory leak in evince: using gigabytes of ram when selecting text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1287124/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs