Bug 167052 - pdf file previews don't work
Summary: pdf file previews don't work
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 16.12.2
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Penz
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Reported: 2008-07-20 03:11 UTC by Benno Dielmann
Modified: 2008-11-20 17:50 UTC (History)
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Description Benno Dielmann 2008-07-20 03:11:27 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.0.98)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Previews for pdf files don't show up. There's just the pdf-mimetype icon.
Comment 1 Peter Penz 2008-07-20 03:25:36 UTC 
I cannot reproduce this issue. Did you check whether the PDF-size might be greater than the maximum preview size?
Comment 2 Benno Dielmann 2008-10-02 13:58:57 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> Version:            (using KDE 4.0.98)
> Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
> 
> Previews for pdf files don't show up. There's just the pdf-mimetype icon.
> 

(In reply to comment #1)
> I cannot reproduce this issue. Did you check whether the PDF-size might be
> greater than the maximum preview size?
> 

I can still reproduce this bug on KDE 4.1.1. Maximum preview size is set to 5 MB; all pdfs are less. Maybe my KDE installation (Kubuntu 8.04 packages) is broken... Where could I look for a solution?
Comment 3 Peter Penz 2008-10-03 07:46:48 UTC 
> Where could I look for a solution?

I'd suggest using a Kubuntu-specific user forum to know whether it is a general problem in Kubuntu or only a local issue. The previews are handled by the KDE libraries and applications can offer a preview plugin. As I assume that you've installed Okular, there should also be available such a preview plugin. So honestly speaking I don't know what might be the root cause :-(
Comment 4 Pino Toscano 2008-10-03 12:35:12 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> As I assume that you've
> installed Okular, there should also be available such a preview plugin.

FYI, KPDF and Okular never provided a preview plugin themselves.
Comment 5 Peter Penz 2008-10-03 12:49:30 UTC 
> FYI, KPDF and Okular never provided a preview plugin themselves. 
Ah, thanks - I was not aware about this.
Comment 6 Benno Dielmann 2008-10-03 13:08:41 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > As I assume that you've
> > installed Okular, there should also be available such a preview plugin.
> 
> FYI, KPDF and Okular never provided a preview plugin themselves.
> 

Where does the preview plugin come from? Which component could be the culprit for my problem?
Comment 7 Guillaume Millet 2008-11-20 16:40:04 UTC 
I had this problem at office and not at home. I found that the package kdegraphics-strigi-plugins was missing. Installing this package brought the pdf preview dolphin at last !
Comment 8 Peter Penz 2008-11-20 16:45:39 UTC 
Thanks Guillaume for the update, I've set the issue to WORKSFORME. Benno: if installing the package still does not work, please let us  know.
Comment 9 Benno Dielmann 2008-11-20 17:50:18 UTC 
I just checked and switched on previews - pdf preview is working now for me. Probably since I updated to Kubuntu 8.10... Yes, and kdegraphics-strigi-plugins is installed, too. 

So this was probably a Kubuntu issue (KDE 4.1 packages for kubuntu 8.04), so I marked the bug as CLOSED. Thanks everybody for spending time on this.