this bug has been reported here: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/213852 "It crashed out overnight, I believe it was linked to the file indexing that the tracker program was doing at the time. As the only other thing that was still running was Transmission, since I was downloading a couple of torrent files." ". Thread 1 (process 12665): #0 Dict::lookup (this=0x7ffcf874c455, key=0x7ffcf8773c9c "Subtype", obj=0x7fff00c1af30) at Dict.cc:61 No locals. #1 0x00007ffcf86cde54 in FormField (this=0x62fa40, xrefA=0x62f340, aobj=0x7fff00c1b0e0, aref=, aform=, ty=) at Object.h:259 No locals. #2 0x00007ffcf86ce501 in FormFieldButton (this=0x7ffcf874c455, xrefA=0x7ffcf8773c9c, aobj=0x7fff00c1af30, ref=@0x0, form=0xfefefefefefefeff) at Form.cc:809 No locals. #3 0x00007ffcf86cd4e0 in Form::createFieldFromDict (this=0x62eef0, obj=0x7fff00c1b0e0, ptr=0x6321b0, xrefA=0x62f340, pref=@0x7fff00c1b100) at Form.cc:1155 obj2 = {type = objName, {booln = 6498288, intg = 6498288, real = 3.2105808575824223e-317, string = 0x6327f0, name = 0x6327f0 "Btn", array = 0x6327f0, dict = 0x6327f0, stream = 0x6327f0, ref = { num = 6498288, gen = 0}, cmd = 0x6327f0 "Btn"}} #4 0x00007ffcf86cdbb5 in FormField (this=0x62f9e0, xrefA=0x62f340, aobj=0x7fff00c1b1e0, aref=, aform=, ty=) at Form.cc:700 No locals. #5 0x00007ffcf86cd3ed in Form::createFieldFromDict (this=0x62eef0, obj=0x7fff00c1b1e0, ptr=0x62fba0, xrefA=0x62f340, pref=@0x7fff00c1b1f0) at Form.cc:1163 obj2 = {type = objNull, {booln = 12693968, intg = 12693968, real = 6.9531442354212576e-310, string = 0x7fff00c1b1d0, name = 0x7fff00c1b1d0 "\t", array = 0x7fff00c1b1d0, dict = 0x7fff00c1b1d0, stream = 0x7fff00c1b1d0, ref = {num = 12693968, gen = 32767}, cmd = 0x7fff00c1b1d0 "\t"}} #6 0x00007ffcf86cd63d in Form (this=0x62eef0, xrefA=0x62f340, acroForm=) at Form.cc:1107 No locals. #7 0x00007ffcf86c3b50 in Catalog (this=0x62f3e0, xrefA=) at Catalog.cc:59 No locals. #8 0x00007ffcf871d809 in PDFDoc::setup (this=0x62ef50, ownerPassword=0x0, userPassword=0x0) at PDFDoc.cc:206 No locals. #9 0x00007ffcf871d9ff in PDFDoc (this=0x62ef50, fileNameA=, ownerPassword=0x0, userPassword=0x0, guiDataA=) at PDFDoc.cc:102 No locals. #10 0x0000000000401b0f in main (argc=3, argv=0x7fff00c1b4d8) at pdftotext.cc:152 doc = (PDFDoc *) 0x62ef50 fileName = (GooString *) 0x604010 textFileName = ownerPW = (GooString *) 0x0 userPW = (GooString *) 0x0 textOut = f = uMap = (UnicodeMap *) 0x62ed70 info = {type = objNone, {booln = 4204389, intg = 4204389, real = 2.0772441666528327e-317, string = 0x402765, name = 0x402765 "H\205ít\0341Û\017\037@", array = 0x402765, dict = 0x402765, stream = 0x402765, ref = {num = 4204389, gen = 0}, cmd = 0x402765 "H\205ít\0341Û\017\037@"}} ok = p = exitCode = "