I can confirm that the bug effects me in 13.10. Using the maxrecentdocuments fix from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/785701/comments/11 also solved the problem here.
I had noticed that the recent documents menu never worked for me. Every time I selected an item it would open a different file from the same list... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785701 Title: Inkscape freezes at opening To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/785701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs