the change on bug #15302 fixed the printing issue described but now evince crashes sometimes when reloading documents (gdb) bt #0 FT_Done_Face (face=0xb455dd48) at /build/buildd/freetype-2.3.6/freetype-2.3.6/src/base/ftobjs.c:2020 #1 0xb75ceb0d in _ft_done_face (data=0xb455dd48) at CairoFontEngine.cc:37 #2 0xb74601b0 in _cairo_user_data_array_fini (array=0xb455dc7c) at /build/buildd/cairo-1.6.4/src/cairo-array.c:378 #3 0xb74640b3 in *INT_cairo_font_face_destroy (font_face=0xb455dc70) at /build/buildd/cairo-1.6.4/src/cairo-font-face.c:144 #4 0xb74aa8b0 in _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_destroy (abstract_font=0xb455e010) at /build/buildd/cairo-1.6.4/src/cairo-ft-font.c:495 #5 0xb7463e98 in _cairo_unscaled_font_destroy (unscaled_font=0xb455e010) at /build/buildd/cairo-1.6.4/src/cairo-font-face.c:531 #6 0xb74717e7 in _cairo_scaled_font_fini (scaled_font=0xb4560210) at /build/buildd/cairo-1.6.4/src/cairo-scaled-font.c:587 #7 0xb74718ac in *INT_cairo_scaled_font_destroy (scaled_font=0xb455e0e8) at /build/buildd/cairo-1.6.4/src/cairo-scaled-font.c:843 #8 0xb75ce0ff in CairoFont::getSubstitutionCorrection (this=0xb44046a0, gfxFont=0x83f0870) at CairoFontEngine.cc:307 #9 0xb75d1f4f in CairoOutputDev::updateFont (this=0x8411a60, state=0x84405f8) at CairoOutputDev.cc:390 #10 0xb6d0d0c2 in Gfx::opShowSpaceText () from /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.3 #11 0xb6d08e02 in Gfx::execOp () from /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.3 #12 0xb6d0905f in Gfx::go () from /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.3 #13 0xb6d0c1bf in Gfx::display () from /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.3 #14 0xb6d551cd in Page::displaySlice () from /usr/lib/libpoppler.so.3 #15 0xb75ca01a in _poppler_page_render (page=0x83bd518, cairo=0x83edda0, printing=0) at poppler-page.cc:529 #16 0xb75ca157 in poppler_page_render (page=0x83bd518, cairo=0x83edda0) at poppler-page.cc:550 corresponding valgrind log ==30405== Invalid read of size 4 ==30405== at 0x507AF64: FT_Done_Face (ftobjs.c:2017) ==30405== by 0x494EB0C: _ZL13_ft_done_facePv (CairoFontEngine.cc:37) ==30405== by 0x4A661AF: _cairo_user_data_array_fini (cairo-array.c:378) ==30405== by 0x4A6A0B2: cairo_font_face_destroy (cairo-font-face.c:144) ==30405== by 0x4AB08AF: _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_destroy (cairo-ft-font.c:495) ==30405== by 0x4A69E97: _cairo_unscaled_font_destroy (cairo-font-face.c:531) ==30405== by 0x4A777E6: _cairo_scaled_font_fini (cairo-scaled-font.c:587) ==30405== by 0x4A778AB: cairo_scaled_font_destroy (cairo-scaled-font.c:843) ==30405== by 0x4A6B4E7: _cairo_gstate_unset_scaled_font (cairo-gstate.c:1219) ==30405== by 0x4A6B53D: _cairo_gstate_set_font_face (cairo-gstate.c:1492) ==30405== by 0x4A634CE: cairo_set_font_face (cairo.c:2688) ==30405== by 0x4951F2D: CairoOutputDev::updateFont(GfxState*) (CairoOutputDev.cc:383) ==30405== Address 0x70758d8 is 16 bytes inside a block of size 84 free'd ==30405== at 0x4023B4A: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:323) ==30405== by 0x4B455B5: g_free (gmem.c:190) ==30405== by 0x4A3CFB9: pango_parse_markup (in /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0.2101.2) ==30405== by 0x458C796: (within /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1303.0) ==30405== by 0x4AD34CE: g_object_set_property (gobject.c:697) ==30405== by 0x460A784: (within /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1303.0) ==30405== by 0x4610904: (within /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1303.0) ==30405== by 0x4610F04: (within /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1303.0) ==30405== by 0x49735DA: (within /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1303.0) ==30405== by 0x4B3B540: g_idle_dispatch (gmain.c:4168) ==30405== by 0x4B3D437: g_main_context_dispatch (gmain.c:2063) ==30405== by 0x4B4099A: g_main_context_iterate (gmain.c:2696) ==30405== ==30405== Invalid read of size 4 ==30405== at 0x507A68F: FT_List_Find (ftutil.c:250) ==30405== by 0x507AF88: FT_Done_Face (ftobjs.c:2023) ==30405== by 0x494EB0C: _ZL13_ft_done_facePv (CairoFontEngine.cc:37) ==30405== by 0x4A661AF: _cairo_user_data_array_fini (cairo-array.c:378) ==30405== by 0x4A6A0B2: cairo_font_face_destroy (cairo-font-face.c:144) ==30405== by 0x4AB08AF: _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_destroy (cairo-ft-font.c:495) ==30405== by 0x4A69E97: _cairo_unscaled_font_destroy (cairo-font-face.c:531) ==30405== by 0x4A777E6: _cairo_scaled_font_fini (cairo-scaled-font.c:587) ==30405== by 0x4A778AB: cairo_scaled_font_destroy (cairo-scaled-font.c:843) ==30405== by 0x4A6B4E7: _cairo_gstate_unset_scaled_font (cairo-gstate.c:1219) ==30405== by 0x4A6B53D: _cairo_gstate_set_font_face (cairo-gstate.c:1492) ==30405== by 0x4A634CE: cairo_set_font_face (cairo.c:2688) ==30405== Address 0x5d8928f4 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==30405== ==30405== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV) ==30405== Access not within mapped region at address 0x5D8928F4 ==30405== at 0x507A68F: FT_List_Find (ftutil.c:250) ==30405== by 0x507AF88: FT_Done_Face (ftobjs.c:2023) ==30405== by 0x494EB0C: _ZL13_ft_done_facePv (CairoFontEngine.cc:37) ==30405== by 0x4A661AF: _cairo_user_data_array_fini (cairo-array.c:378) ==30405== by 0x4A6A0B2: cairo_font_face_destroy (cairo-font-face.c:144) ==30405== by 0x4AB08AF: _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_destroy (cairo-ft-font.c:495) ==30405== by 0x4A69E97: _cairo_unscaled_font_destroy (cairo-font-face.c:531) ==30405== by 0x4A777E6: _cairo_scaled_font_fini (cairo-scaled-font.c:587) ==30405== by 0x4A778AB: cairo_scaled_font_destroy (cairo-scaled-font.c:843) ==30405== by 0x4A6B4E7: _cairo_gstate_unset_scaled_font (cairo-gstate.c:1219) ==30405== by 0x4A6B53D: _cairo_gstate_set_font_face (cairo-gstate.c:1492) ==30405== by 0x4A634CE: cairo_set_font_face (cairo.c:2688) the issue seems similar to the one described on http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2008-June/003900.html