I forgot to mention, I'm using Linux Mint 17.1 with Inkscape version 0.48.4 r9939 (Jan 22 2014).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1485362 Title: 2 MB PDF uses several GB of memory and causes crash Status in inkscape package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Trying to open this 2 MB PDF with Inkscape causes Inkscape to use 3.7 GB of memory. Saving it as an svg file uses 78 MB on disk. Opening the saved svg file requires 3.5 GB of memory. If I then do ctl+A, ctl+G, it crashes immediately with the following output: Too many heap sections: Increase MAXHINCR or MAX_HEAP_SECTS Emergency save activated! Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now. If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it. Too many heap sections: Increase MAXHINCR or MAX_HEAP_SECTS Aborted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/1485362/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

