Snap Evince can't open pdf files in USB drive

[Dario Menin]

Steps to reproduce:

- Put a .pdf file in an external USB drive
- Double click on it or open it with Evince in any way

Evince starts but it can't show the document, giving the error:

Error opening file /media/username/Storage/file-name.pdf: Permission denied

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04

snap --version
snap 2.42
snapd 2.42
series 16
ubuntu 18.04
kernel 4.15.0-65-generic

snap list | grep evince
evince 3.32.0+git27.47fa15b1 163 stable ken-vandine -

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug report, indeed it doesn't use the removable-media interface

[Dario Menin (darioalessio-menin)]

Hi, is there something I can do to avoid this?

The problem is still present in
evince 3.34.2+git4.91cbe4fe 290 stable ken-vandine

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/merge_requests/229

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The issue is fixed in the beta channel now and will be in stable when 3.36 lands there