Dear Dhawal,

On 2/9/07, Dhawal Doshy wrote:

Dinesh Shah wrote: nopes.. i use it all the time (default on fc6, though i prefer xpdf for larger documents). i recently bought a couple of ebooks that are password protected and it works just fine..

I never had any problem with password protected PDF with xpdf on RH9.

After I switched to Ubuntu, evince came as default and this problem.

The PDF is basically a CC statement from a bank.

Here is what the file command have to say about the file

$ file VISA_PREFERRED_INTERNATIONAL-GOLD.pdf VISA_PREFERRED_INTERNATIONAL-GOLD.pdf: PDF document, version 1.4

Seems it is generated using OO.o only.

TIA for your help. With regards,

On 2/9/07, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:

On 2/9/07, Dinesh Shah dineshah@gmail.com wrote:

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The PDF is basically a CC statement from a bank.

Here is what the file command have to say about the file

$ file VISA_PREFERRED_INTERNATIONAL-GOLD.pdf VISA_PREFERRED_INTERNATIONAL-GOLD.pdf: PDF document, version 1.4

well i also get bank statements from citi in pdf password protected format and have not been able to open it without acrobat reader on linux.

HRB

The last I checked citi's pdf had a structurul error. I don't remember but it had a missing %EOF statement, or something like that. After I added that, I was able to open the pdf using evince. Earlier the pdf was not opening in preview also on a Mac.

-- Sharninder

Dinesh Shah wrote:

Dear Dhawal,

On 2/9/07, Dhawal Doshy wrote:

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Dinesh Shah wrote: nopes.. i use it all the time (default on fc6, though i prefer xpdf for larger documents). i recently bought a couple of ebooks that are password protected and it works just fine..

I never had any problem with password protected PDF with xpdf on RH9.

After I switched to Ubuntu, evince came as default and this problem.

The PDF is basically a CC statement from a bank.

Here is what the file command have to say about the file

$ file VISA_PREFERRED_INTERNATIONAL-GOLD.pdf VISA_PREFERRED_INTERNATIONAL-GOLD.pdf: PDF document, version 1.4

<evilmode> You might want to put that file up on a public web server someplace and we could have a look at some key *internal* attributes. Meanwhile also privately mail me the 3 digit code on the back of the card, it might help in opening up the file cleanly.. :-D </evilmode>

Umm don't take that seriously, it is meant to be a joke (targeted at some who lack a sense of humo(u)r).

- dhawal

Hi Dinesh!

here are the relevant lines

deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted

Indeed, you need to enable universe. If you want some more ``interesting" stuff enable multiverse as well. Just add the following :

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

Cheers,

- vihan

Looking at your sources.list you seem to be on dapper. which is an old version of ubuntu. Upgrade your OS to Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy ). You could get the CDs from anyone on the list.

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turn on universe and multiverse. It should be there.

repositories. In synaptic you should be able to turn them on or simply add universe and multiverse after the "main" in your sources

e.g deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main universe multiverse restricted

do sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get install xpdf

regards, C

On Friday 09 Feb 2007 21:04:05 Dinesh Shah wrote:

Hi Chetan and Rony,

On 2/9/07, Chetan S wrote:

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Looking at your sources.list you seem to be on dapper. which is an old version of ubuntu. Upgrade your OS to Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy ). You could get the CDs from anyone on the list.

I have activated Universe and multiverse repositories in Synaptic as suggested by Rony.

I am able to get xpdf and open the file without any problem. Xpdf did ask for the password.

Hmmm. This is just a workaround though. It should be found whether this is a problem with evince. If it is, a bug report should be submitted.

On Friday 09 Feb 2007 22:44:19 Dhawal Doshy wrote:

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I am able to get xpdf and open the file without any problem. Xpdf did ask for the password.

Hmmm. This is just a workaround though. It should be found whether this is a problem with evince. If it is, a bug report should be submitted.

To add further, a bug report ought to be submitted (if necessary) to the distro developers since evince seems to work well on my distro.. others could add their experience.

To all those who can't contribute code, this is one way to contribute to FOSS. Bug reports matter. So please do.

Mrugesh Karnik wrote:

On Friday 09 Feb 2007 21:04:05 Dinesh Shah wrote:

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Hi Chetan and Rony,

On 2/9/07, Chetan S wrote:

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Looking at your sources.list you seem to be on dapper. which is an old version of ubuntu. Upgrade your OS to Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy ). You could get the CDs from anyone on the list.

I have activated Universe and multiverse repositories in Synaptic as suggested by Rony.

I am able to get xpdf and open the file without any problem. Xpdf did ask for the password.

Hmmm. This is just a workaround though. It should be found whether this is a problem with evince. If it is, a bug report should be submitted.

I think this is not a bug. Evince does not support password protected pdfs. xpdf is doing the job at least for the last two-three years. Add this as a wishlist at evince project page.

Nagarjuna

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