Hello,
I am not maintainer of evince, just trying to collect some more information about the crash.
I was able to reproduce a crash by following steps inside a minimal test VM:
man -Tpdf man >man.pdf
man -Tpdf xterm >xterm.pdf
export DISPLAY=:0
export LANG=C
cat man.pdf > test.pdf
evince test.pdf
"Present as slideshow"
cat xterm.pdf > test.pdf
The backtrace with debug symbols looks like this:
(gdb) bt
#0 g_type_check_instance (type_instance=type_instance@entry=0x561f3f347eb0) at ../../../gobject/gtype.c:4259
#1 0x00007ff235e3b788 in g_signal_handlers_disconnect_matched (instance=instance@entry=0x561f3f347eb0, mask=mask@entry=(G_SIGNAL_MATCH_FUNC | G_SIGNAL_MATCH_DATA), signal_id=signal_id@entry=0, detail=detail@entry=0, closure=closure@entry=0x0, func=func@entry=0x7ff235f11af0 <job_finished_cb>, data=0x561f3f3a6560) at ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:2993
#2 0x00007ff235f120f5 in ev_view_presentation_delete_job (job=0x561f3f347eb0, pview=0x561f3f3a6560) at ../libview/ev-view-presentation.c:405
#3 ev_view_presentation_delete_job (job=0x561f3f347eb0, pview=0x561f3f3a6560) at ../libview/ev-view-presentation.c:399
#4 ev_view_presentation_reset_jobs (pview=pview@entry=0x561f3f3a6560) at ../libview/ev-view-presentation.c:413
#5 0x00007ff235f12200 in ev_view_presentation_dispose (object=0x561f3f3a6560) at ../libview/ev-view-presentation.c:972
#6 0x00007ff235e2604b in g_object_unref (_object=0x561f3f3a6560) at ../../../gobject/gobject.c:4413
#7 0x0000561f3e497a7f in ev_window_set_document (document=0x7ff204408620, ev_window=0x561f3eee8070) at ../shell/ev-window.c:1771
#8 ev_window_document_changed_cb (model=<optimized out>, pspec=<optimized out>, ev_window=0x561f3eee8070) at ../shell/ev-window.c:5251
#9 0x00007ff235e20730 in g_closure_invoke (closure=0x561f3f07f5b0, return_value=0x0, n_param_values=2, param_values=0x7ffd9b668b70, invocation_hint=0x7ffd9b668ac0) at ../../../gobject/gclosure.c:834
#10 0x00007ff235e3487c in signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=node@entry=0x7ffd9b668c40, detail=detail@entry=1305, instance=instance@entry=0x561f3ed617f0, emission_return=emission_return@entry=0x0, instance_and_params=instance_and_params@entry=0x7ffd9b668b70) at ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:3888
#11 0x00007ff235e36281 in signal_emit_valist_unlocked (instance=instance@entry=0x561f3ed617f0, signal_id=signal_id@entry=1, detail=detail@entry=1305, var_args=var_args@entry=0x7ffd9b668da0) at ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:3520
#12 0x00007ff235e3bf06 in g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x561f3ed617f0, signal_id=1, detail=1305, var_args=0x7ffd9b668da0) at ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:3263
#13 0x00007ff235e3bfc3 in g_signal_emit (instance=instance@entry=0x561f3ed617f0, signal_id=<optimized out>, detail=<optimized out>) at ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:3583
#14 0x00007ff235e24924 in g_object_dispatch_properties_changed (object=0x561f3ed617f0, n_pspecs=<optimized out>, pspecs=<optimized out>) at ../../../gobject/gobject.c:1819
#15 0x00007ff235e283b9 in g_object_notify_by_spec_internal (pspec=<optimized out>, object=0x561f3ed617f0) at ../../../gobject/gobject.c:1924
#16 g_object_notify (object=0x561f3ed617f0, property_name=property_name@entry=0x7ff235f1553a "document") at ../../../gobject/gobject.c:1974
#17 0x00007ff235ee84a2 in ev_document_model_set_document (model=<optimized out>, document=<optimized out>) at ../libview/ev-document-model.c:384
#18 0x0000561f3e490231 in ev_window_reload_job_cb (job=0x561f3efcfef0, ev_window=0x561f3eee8070) at ../shell/ev-window.c:2018
#19 0x00007ff235e20730 in g_closure_invoke (closure=0x561f3f3cbf40, return_value=0x0, n_param_values=1, param_values=0x7ffd9b6690d0, invocation_hint=0x7ffd9b669020) at ../../../gobject/gclosure.c:834
#20 0x00007ff235e3487c in signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=node@entry=0x7ffd9b669180, detail=detail@entry=0, instance=instance@entry=0x561f3efcfef0, emission_return=emission_return@entry=0x0, instance_and_params=instance_and_params@entry=0x7ffd9b6690d0) at ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:3888
#21 0x00007ff235e36281 in signal_emit_valist_unlocked (instance=instance@entry=0x561f3efcfef0, signal_id=signal_id@entry=395, detail=detail@entry=0, var_args=var_args@entry=0x7ffd9b6692e0) at ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:3520
#22 0x00007ff235e3bf06 in g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x561f3efcfef0, signal_id=395, detail=0, var_args=0x7ffd9b6692e0) at ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:3263
#23 0x00007ff235e3bfc3 in g_signal_emit (instance=<optimized out>, signal_id=<optimized out>, detail=detail@entry=0) at ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:3583
#24 0x00007ff235eeb2db in emit_finished (job=<optimized out>) at ../libview/ev-jobs.c:178
#25 emit_finished (job=<optimized out>) at ../libview/ev-jobs.c:168
#26 0x00007ff235d17e3f in g_main_dispatch (context=context@entry=0x561f3ecef130) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:3344
#27 0x00007ff235d19ec7 in g_main_context_dispatch_unlocked (context=0x561f3ecef130) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:4152
#28 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked (context=context@entry=0x561f3ecef130, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:4217
#29 0x00007ff235d1a4e0 in g_main_context_iteration (context=context@entry=0x561f3ecef130, may_block=may_block@entry=1) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:4282
#30 0x00007ff23508548d in g_application_run (application=application@entry=0x561f3edc9560, argc=argc@entry=0, argv=argv@entry=0x0) at ../../../gio/gapplication.c:2712
#31 0x0000561f3e47f063 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at ../shell/main.c:318
Attached file contains more output and
a valgrind run, which points to a use-after-free.
There exists an upstream report which might be related,
at least has a few equal last frames.
That one needs not replacing the pdf,
just rotating in "Present as slideshow" mode e.g. by Ctrl+cursor left/right.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/issues/2004
Kind regards,
Bernhard