[Pkg-gnome-extras-maintainers] Bug#1128525: evince: icons in the window header are not shown and clutter in the terminal

Alma Madeleine AlMa1 at ro.ru
Fri Feb 20 20:54:44 GMT 2026


Package: evince
Version: 49~alpha-2

Run evince without arguments from an xterm. The window shows up, but instead of the cross icon for window closing, we get an exclamation mark in a triangle, and the terminal gets cluttered; cf. the attachments.

If we run evince with the name of a viewable file (say, a PDF) as an argument, we get more placeholder triangles instead of icons and more mess in the terminal.

Probably related: http://bugs.debian.org/1127935 (but the original poster says that his evince fails to start, which is not the case for us), https://bugs.debian.org/1127710 (but the original poster says that his thunderbird fails to start, which is not the case for us), and https://bugs.debian.org/1127969 (but the original poster says that his evince crashes, which is not the case for us).

Hope this helps
Alma
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$ LANG=en_US.utf8 evince
libEGL warning: MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
 
MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
 
(evince:670851): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:57.894: Failed to load icon /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/symbolic/mimetypes/x-office-document-symbolic.svg: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "--ro-bind-try" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "--bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--setenv" "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--seccomp" "22" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--dbus-fd" "21"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
 
(evince:670851): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:57.953: Failed to load icon /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.gnome.Evince.svg: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "--ro-bind-try" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "--bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--setenv" "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--seccomp" "23" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--dbus-fd" "22"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
 
(evince:670851): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:57.974: Failed to load icon /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/symbolic/ui/window-close-symbolic.svg: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "--ro-bind-try" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "--bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--setenv" "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--seccomp" "23" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--dbus-fd" "21"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
 
(evince:670851): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:57.992: Failed to load icon /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/symbolic/actions/edit-clear-symbolic.svg: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "--ro-bind-try" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "--bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--setenv" "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--seccomp" "23" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--dbus-fd" "20"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
 
(evince:670851): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:57.999: Failed to load icon /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/symbolic/ui/pan-down-symbolic.svg: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "--ro-bind-try" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "--bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--setenv" "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--seccomp" "22" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--dbus-fd" "20"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
 
(evince:670851): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:58.012: Failed to load icon /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/symbolic/actions/system-search-symbolic.svg: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "--ro-bind-try" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "--bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--setenv" "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--seccomp" "22" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--dbus-fd" "20"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
 
(evince:670851): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:58.023: Failed to load icon /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/symbolic/actions/go-up-symbolic.svg: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "--ro-bind-try" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "--bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--setenv" "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--seccomp" "22" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--dbus-fd" "20"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
 
(evince:670851): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:58.035: Failed to load icon /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/symbolic/actions/go-down-symbolic.svg: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "--ro-bind-try" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "--bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--setenv" "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--seccomp" "22" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--dbus-fd" "20"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
 
(evince:670851): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:32:58.048: Failed to load icon /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/symbolic/mimetypes/x-office-document-symbolic.svg: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-culmus.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "/etc/fonts/conf.d" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" "--ro-bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "/home/username/.cache/fontconfig" "--ro-bind-try" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "/var/cache/fontconfig" "--bind-try" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--setenv" "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "/home/username/.cache/glycin/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--seccomp" "22" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg" "--dbus-fd" "20"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
 
** (evince:670851): WARNING **: 21:33:02.231: Failed to save thumbnail file:///tmp/sample.pdf: Could not spawn `"bwrap" "--unshare-all" "--die-with-parent" "--chdir" "/" "--ro-bind" "/usr" "/usr" "--dev" "/dev" "--ro-bind-try" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "/etc/ld.so.cache" "--ro-bind-try" "/nix/store" "/nix/store" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-home" "--tmpfs" "/tmp-run" "--clearenv" "--setenv" "HOME" "/tmp-home" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/tmp-run" "--setenv" "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" "/run/user/1000" "--symlink" "/usr/lib" "/lib" "--symlink" "/usr/lib64" "/lib64" "--seccomp" "24" "/usr/libexec/glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-image-rs" "--dbus-fd" "23"`: Permission denied (os error 13)
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