I've been pondering this bug all day, I couldn't work out a safe way to test it without causing network errors.
Instead I decided to build a FUSE file-system which can be set to break on certain calls. It will freeze just like this bad network effect and we can test any kind of bad IO handling from there. See https://code.launchpad.net/~doctormo/+junk/gremlinfuse and the accompanying readme. Let me know if you are able to test and what your results are. -- 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/785701 Title: Inkscape freezes at opening Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: Triaged Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: inkscape I use Ubuntu 11.04 classic. Very often Inkscape freezes at opening, even if empty. We have the same problem in Ubuntu 10.04. Since I hadn't noticed it up to recently (1 month or so) it's possible that it is due to a modification in another package than Inkscape, for instance a library. But Im' not an intensive user of Inkscape. Steps to reproduce the problem: choose in the general menu Applications → Graphics → "Inskape Vector Graphics Editor". What happens: Inkscape is launched but, often clicking any button has no effect, resizing the window doesn't resize the inside. After a while, Inkscape's window is greyished and, if I close it, I first get a "The window 'New document 1 - Inkscape' is not responding." message. Relaunching Inkscape never solves the issue. Login out and in sometimes solves it, sometimes not. What is expected to happen: that Inkscape respond to clicks. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: inkscape 0.48.1-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 20 19:02:33 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.utf8 LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: inkscape UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-01 (19 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/785701/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
