in intrepid (evince: 2.24-1, libpoppler3: 0.8.7-1) the error message is now "Unable to open document, Failed to read the document catalog". marking as fix released
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- Evince fails to open a pdf with an uninformative error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183274 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs