I am trying to open a remote file with evince, using `evince https://chymera.eu/articles/ofmhost_drlfom.pdf`. The window opens, but claims it cannot open the temp file. the temp file is indeed being created and has the correct permissions, but size zero. On systems on which evince works as expected, the file gets created with he same permissions but with with nonzero size. This only happens on a system using sway, but cannot be reproduce on other distributions, such as Arch Linux: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/5147#issuecomment-604842434 Upstream Evince also has no idea why this may be happening: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/issues/1358 The issue happens with both =app-text/evince-3.32.1 and =app-text/evince-3.34.2 All USE flags present on the syste on which it works are also present on the system on which it doesn't: ``` [I] app-text/evince Available versions: 3.32.1(0/evd3.4-evv3.3) (~)3.34.2(0/evd3.4-evv3.3) {djvu dvi gnome gnome-keyring gstreamer +introspection nautilus nsplugin postscript spell t1lib tiff xps} Installed versions: 3.34.2(0/evd3.4-evv3.3)(03:27:33 AM 03/29/2020)(gnome gnome-keyring gstreamer introspection nautilus spell tiff -djvu -dvi -nsplugin -postscript -t1lib -xps) Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince Description: Simple document viewer for GNOME ```
I can't reproduce this, I'm running sway-1.4 with wlroots 0.10.0. I installed the following version of evince. app-text/evince-3.34.2:0/evd3.4-evv3.3::gentoo USE="introspection nsplugin tiff -djvu -dvi -gnome -gnome-keyring -gstreamer -nautilus -postscript -spell -t1lib -xps" This is what I have in my bashrc though, it may help you. # general export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=iris export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD export BEMENU_BACKEND=wayland export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity # java export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 # sdl export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland # gtk #export GDK_BACKEND=wayland,x11 # not needed with modern gdk export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 export CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland # terminal emulator export KITTY_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 # QT export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland-egl export QT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_WINDOWDECORATION=1 # Qt adds titlebars under Wayland, this gets rid of them # broken apps alias spotify='GDK_BACKEND=x11 spotify' alias google-chrome-unstable='GDK_BACKEND=x11 google-chrome-unstable'
In the mean time I sadly gave up on evince in favour of zathura, but it seems to have been solved. Not sure if the fix was via sway or evince, but I have newer versions of both now: ``` chymera@decohost ~ $ eix -e sway [I] gui-wm/sway Available versions: 1.7 **9999*l {X +man +swaybar +swaybg +swayidle +swaylock +swaymsg +swaynag tray wallpapers} Installed versions: 1.7(22:49:34 23/03/22)(X man swaybar swaybg swayidle swaylock swaymsg swaynag -tray -wallpapers) Homepage: https://swaywm.org Description: i3-compatible Wayland window manager chymera@decohost ~ $ eix evince [I] app-text/evince Available versions: 41.3(0/evd3.4-evv3.3) (~)42.1(0/evd3.4-evv3.3) {cups djvu dvi gnome gnome-keyring gstreamer gtk-doc +introspection nautilus postscript spell t1lib tiff xps} Installed versions: 42.1(0/evd3.4-evv3.3)(16:12:22 11/04/22)(cups introspection spell tiff -djvu -dvi -gnome -gnome-keyring -gstreamer -gtk-doc -nautilus -postscript -xps) Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince Description: Simple document viewer for GNOME ```
