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I would like to disable evince-thumbnailer because capacity of log file keeps increasing.

Let me know how to disable evince-thumbnailer.

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    ...killing the patient because the symptoms ;-) --- maybe you can try to see why "the capacity" of your "log file" (not clear to what are you referring to here) is increasing...
    – Rmano
    Sep 22, 2015 at 7:24
  • @Rmano this is the case where the patient should indeed be put down.
    – ScumCoder
    Jul 29, 2021 at 15:50

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Reset to default
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To disable it system-wide, comment the Exec= line in /usr/share/thumbnailers/evince.thumbnailer:

sudo sed -i 's/^Exec=/# &/' /usr/share/thumbnailers/evince.thumbnailer

user@user-X550CL ~/tmp % sudo sed -i 's/^Exec=/# &/' /usr/share/thumbnailers/evince.thumbnailer
user@user-X550CL ~/tmp % cat /usr/share/thumbnailers/evince.thumbnailer
[Thumbnailer Entry]
TryExec=evince-thumbnailer
# Exec=evince-thumbnailer -s %s %u %o
MimeType=application/pdf;application/x-bzpdf;application/x-gzpdf;application/x-xzpdf;application/x-ext-pdf;application/postscript;application/x-bzpostscript;application/x-gzpostscript;image/x-eps;image/x-bzeps;image/x-gzeps;application/x-ext-ps;application/x-ext-eps;application/x-dvi;application/x-bzdvi;application/x-gzdvi;application/x-ext-dvi;image/vnd.djvu;application/x-ext-djv;application/x-ext-djvu;image/tiff;application/x-cbr;application/x-cbz;application/x-cb7;application/x-cbt;application/x-ext-cbr;application/x-ext-cbz;application/x-ext-cb7;application/x-ext-cbt;application/oxps;application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument

To re-enable it, uncomment it again:

sudo sed -i 's/^# \(Exec=\)/\1/' /usr/share/thumbnailers/evince.thumbnailer

user@user-X550CL ~/tmp % sudo sed -i 's/^# \(Exec=\)/\1/' /usr/share/thumbnailers/evince.thumbnailer
user@user-X550CL ~/tmp % cat /usr/share/thumbnailers/evince.thumbnailer
[Thumbnailer Entry]
TryExec=evince-thumbnailer
Exec=evince-thumbnailer -s %s %u %o
MimeType=application/pdf;application/x-bzpdf;application/x-gzpdf;application/x-xzpdf;application/x-ext-pdf;application/postscript;application/x-bzpostscript;application/x-gzpostscript;image/x-eps;image/x-bzeps;image/x-gzeps;application/x-ext-ps;application/x-ext-eps;application/x-dvi;application/x-bzdvi;application/x-gzdvi;application/x-ext-dvi;image/vnd.djvu;application/x-ext-djv;application/x-ext-djvu;image/tiff;application/x-cbr;application/x-cbz;application/x-cb7;application/x-cbt;application/x-ext-cbr;application/x-ext-cbz;application/x-ext-cb7;application/x-ext-cbt;application/oxps;application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument
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    Great, +1 one question >:) what's about TryExec?
    – A.B.
    Sep 22, 2015 at 4:40
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    @A.B. It simply checks if what follows it is an executable present in $PATH, before running what follows Exec=. Early-rising as well huh? :D
    – kos
    Sep 22, 2015 at 4:44
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Just sudo apt-get remove evince and install okular. This help my poor thinkpad don't freeze any more.

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  • Somehow I had absolutely random runs (not related to any user action) of evince-thumbnailer causing CPU core to go 100% which is from the evince package - Evince is just a document viewer - it should generally be safe to remove it and install some different document viewer :)
    – jave.web
    Mar 23, 2020 at 11:44
  • @jiamo OH MY GOD THANK YOU!
    – Дмитро Булах
    Apr 8, 2020 at 10:34
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kos' answer is the way to go. However, the implementation can be easier. Just:

cd /usr/share/thumbnailers
sudo nano evince.thumbnailer 
# enter superuser password
# then uncomment the Exec line by entering a # sign as the first character in the line
# exit nano with Ctrl-X, press y, press Enter, DONE!
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