[xubuntu-users] Unable to open pdf files

[MR ZenWiz]

On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:26 PM John R. Sowden
<jsowden at americansentry.net> wrote:
>
> yes, when I go to the file manager and click on a pdf file, I get the
> round 'spinning' mouse pointer for 22 second, then back to the pointer.
> same with both pdf readers.  The application never opens.
>
> On the other hand, when I click on the document viewer in the office
> menu, I get a window titled 'recent documents' that is blank. I click on
> the file foon, get a 'select a file', select my file, get a big icon,
> then nothing.
>
Try running either viewer from a terminal window and see what errors
show up (and post them here).

Mark