[Okular-devel] [Bug 166034] New: cannot open attached pdf; evince can

Will Stephenson wstephenson at kde.org
Tue Jul 8 13:15:42 CEST 2008


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           Summary: cannot open attached pdf; evince can
           Product: okular
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: PDF backend
        AssignedTo: okular-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: wstephenson kde org


Version:            (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

The attached pdf is generated by the german railway's online booking system.  Okular refuses to open it, saying "Could not open file ...", console output:

okular(25780)/kdecore (trader) KMimeTypeTrader::query: query for mimeType  "application/pdf" ,  "okular/Generator"  : returning  1  offers                                                                                                                
Error: May not be a PDF file (continuing anyway)                                                                             
Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...                                                         
Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary                                                                                      
Error: Couldn't read xref table                                                                                              

But 
file OT18103265958.pdf
OT18103265958.pdf: PostScript document text conforming DSC level 3.0, Level 2

and evince (using same libpoppler3-0.8.2-1.1) can open it.


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