There is a lack of information on how this bug popped up, so I can not reproduce the bug, nor check whether it is fixed. However, it is quite probable that the issue is due to a missing NULL check.
** Changed in: inkscape Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: inkscape Assignee: (unassigned) => Kris (kris-degussem) ** Changed in: inkscape Milestone: None => 0.49 ** Changed in: inkscape Importance: Medium => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051017 Title: inkscape crashed with SIGSEGV Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: In Progress Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I was drawing something in Inkscape, and after I saved my work and tried to close Inskcape crashed. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: inkscape 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.17-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Fri Sep 14 19:52:38 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/inkscape InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120724.2) ProcCmdline: inkscape ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x82afdd8: mov (%ebx),%esi PC (0x082afdd8) ok source "(%ebx)" (0xaaaaaaaa) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%esi" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: inkscape Stacktrace: #0 0x082afdd8 in ?? () No symbol table info available. Cannot access memory at address 0xbfd8680c StacktraceTop: ?? () ThreadStacktrace: . Thread 4 (LWP 22457): #0 0xb77a7424 in ?? () No symbol table info available. . Title: inkscape crashed with SIGSEGV UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1051017/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp