This may or may not be related to this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1259100
This is the output I get during usage of Inkscape before the crash: root@volomike-VirtualBox:/home/volomike# gdb /usr/bin/inkscape GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04) 7.11.1 Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from /usr/bin/inkscape...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/inkscape [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0xb2f7db40 (LWP 6175)] [New Thread 0xb277cb40 (LWP 6176)] [New Thread 0xb1f7bb40 (LWP 6177)] [New Thread 0xb137db40 (LWP 6179)] [New Thread 0xb080fb40 (LWP 6181)] [New Thread 0xb000eb40 (LWP 6182)] [New Thread 0xaf4ffb40 (LWP 6183)] [Thread 0xb000eb40 (LWP 6182) exited] (inkscape:6171): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_family_list_faces: assertion 'PANGO_IS_FONT_FAMILY (family)' failed (inkscape:6171): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_tree_view_scroll_to_cell: assertion 'tree_view->priv->tree != NULL' failed [Thread 0xb080fb40 (LWP 6181) exited] bt (inkscape:6171): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_family_list_faces: assertion 'PANGO_IS_FONT_FAMILY (family)' failed (inkscape:6171): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_tree_view_scroll_to_cell: assertion 'tree_view->priv->tree != NULL' failed (inkscape:6171): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_family_list_faces: assertion 'PANGO_IS_FONT_FAMILY (family)' failed (inkscape:6171): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_tree_view_scroll_to_cell: assertion 'tree_view->priv->tree != NULL' failed [Thread 0xaf4ffb40 (LWP 6183) exited] [Thread 0xb1f7bb40 (LWP 6177) exited] [Thread 0xb277cb40 (LWP 6176) exited] [Thread 0xb2f7db40 (LWP 6175) exited] [Thread 0xb2f7f940 (LWP 6171) exited] [Inferior 1 (process 6171) exited normally] (gdb) bt No stack. (gdb) bt No stack. (gdb) quit -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633935 Title: Inkscape freezes when selecting font To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/1633935/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs