Bug 170061

Summary: kdvi improperly rendering possibly related to dvips
Product: [Unmaintained] kdvi Reporter: Richard Boyce <rdb20>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: normal CC: adaptee
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Attachments: DVI file exhibiting the problem that I am speaking of

Description Richard Boyce 2008-08-29 22:38:04 UTC 
Version:           3.5.9 (using KDE 3.5.9)
Compiler:          gcc version 4.3.1 (Debian 4.3.1-9) 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Hi,

KDVI is not correctly rendering files created using LaTeX with the following version information:

$ latex -v 

pdfTeX using libpoppler 3.141592-1.40.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.6)
kpathsea version 3.5.6
Compiled with libpng 1.2.27; using libpng 1.2.27
Compiled with zlib 1.2.3.3; using zlib 1.2.3.3
Compiled with libpoppler version 3.00

I tested the rendering of two dvi files in both KDVI and XDVI and both files are rendered incorrectly in KDVI. Specifically, the bottom margin is completely lost on all pages of the document.

Interestingly, this problem is also true in a pdf viewer when I convert the DVI file to pdf using dvips then ps2pdf. If I convert the DVI files to PDF using dvipdfm they render correctly. My system is using GPL Ghostscript 8.62 (2008-02-29).

Please let me know how else I can help with finding the bug.
Comment 1 Richard Boyce 2008-08-29 22:41:05 UTC 
Created attachment 27134 [details]
DVI file exhibiting the problem that I am speaking of

Try viewing this file in KDVI version 3.5.9 and compare with XDVI 22.84.10
Comment 2 Jekyll Wu 2013-09-28 13:42:27 UTC 
kdvi is no longer maintained since KDE SC 4, and its functionality is replace by okular.  If the issue in this report still exists in or apply to okular in KDE SC 4.10.5 or higher, please reassign the report to okular product or create a new report against okular.