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Can't type in evince search field

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It always worked correctly, from one day to the next I started to have problems with Evince Document Viewer. When I try to find some word in a pdf file, either using CTRL+F or with the find button, I can't type anything in the search field.
Everywhere else it works (Web browser, Open Office, etc).
I have absolutely no idea why this happens.

I have Ubuntu 16.04 running on a Dell Xps 13.

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answered 2 Years ago housecoarmer · Accepted Answer

I just found a solution for evince.

Basically the problem was that I had xenial-proposed updates activated and there was some conflict.

I just followed the instructions of http://www.webupd8.org/2013/11/how-to-downgrade-proposed-repository.html to downgrade the -proposed updates and get back to the stable ones.

After that evince is working as before and I can type in the search field. After the downgrade I experienced some problems with the audio card, but after a couple of cold reboots it was ok.