Bug 324993

Summary:	okular --unique foo.pdf suddenly stopped working (foo.pdf not opened), whereas okular foo.pdf works
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	Marius Hofert <marius.hofert>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	aacid
Priority:	NOR
Version:	0.16.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Marius Hofert 2013-09-17 11:07:48 UTC

I always could use 'okular --unique foo.pdf' to open foo.pdf. Since about 1 to 2 weeks, this does not work anymore. The okular command just seems to hang, foo.pdf is not opened. However, 'okular foo.pdf' works just fine.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. in the terminal, type: okular --unique foo.pdf
2. hit Enter (nothing happens / foo.pdf not opened)


Actual Results:  
mhofert@sklar:~/Desktop$ okular --unique foo.pdf
^C
=> aborted manually after several min.

Expected Results:  
open foo.pdf

Note: this always worked until recently (maybe about 1--2 weeks ago). Probably an Ubuntu update (sudo apt-get update/upgrade) caused the change (?). I work unter Ubuntu 13.04 on a Lenovo X1 Carbon.

Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2013-09-21 15:43:05 UTC

do you have dbus running? Can you strace the  okular --unique invokation and attach the output?

Comment 2 Marius Hofert 2013-09-21 15:47:56 UTC

I turns out that the bug (must have been) is fixed in the meanwhile. I suddenly started to work again. I probably should have waited for the temporary fix instead of reporting it right away. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.