Copy&paste from wrong, old bug report (2012-12-03): last week (28th November) I was using inkscape without problems. I tried to downgrade all ubuntu packages that were upgraded last week, but without success. Now it does not work at all. My workaround is to use inkscape through VNC.
Moreover, it seems not to be nvidia driver specific, but appears with nouveau drivers as well. xserver-xorg-video-nouveau version 1.0.2-0ubuntu3, Ubuntu 12.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081108 Title: Xorg crash after clicking on workspace in inkscape Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Steps to reproduce on my machine: 1) open inkscape 2) click anywhere on workspace Result: X dies, back to login prompt Expected result: nothing should happen Details of my setup: I did not manage to get an Xorg backtrace yet as I don't have a second maching to do the remote SSH thing. This bug looks a lot like #1023004, I opened a new one because the old one is "fix released" with no-one assigned to. The install is fresh on a new laptop. I have since switched to the xorg-bleeding PPA, but this did not fix the problem. I am also now using the trunk PPA of inkscape, without change of behaviour. Please advise if more information is needed. Xorg.log: [ 42260.310] (EE) [ 42260.310] (EE) Backtrace: [ 42260.310] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x36) [0x7f50040ffbd6] [ 42260.310] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (0x7f5003f57000+0x1aca09) [0x7f5004103a09] [ 42260.310] (EE) 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f500327d000+0xfcb0) [0x7f500328ccb0] [ 42260.311] (EE) 3: /usr/bin/X (0x7f5003f57000+0x665da) [0x7f5003fbd5da] [ 42260.311] (EE) 4: /usr/bin/X (0x7f5003f57000+0x5ff43) [0x7f5003fb6f43] [ 42260.311] (EE) 5: /usr/bin/X (0x7f5003f57000+0x13dd32) [0x7f5004094d32] [ 42260.311] (EE) 6: /usr/bin/X (0x7f5003f57000+0x55a51) [0x7f5003faca51] [ 42260.311] (EE) 7: /usr/bin/X (0x7f5003f57000+0x4456a) [0x7f5003f9b56a] [ 42260.311] (EE) 8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xed) [0x7f5001f0276d] [ 42260.312] (EE) 9: /usr/bin/X (0x7f5003f57000+0x448ad) [0x7f5003f9b8ad] [ 42260.312] (EE) [ 42260.312] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x28 [ 42260.312] Fatal server error: [ 42260.312] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting [ 42260.312] [ 42260.312] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 42260.312] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 42260.312] (EE) [ 42260.328] (II) evdev: Power Button: Close [ 42260.328] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" [ 42260.329] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Close [ 42260.329] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" [ 42260.329] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Close [ 42260.329] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" [ 42260.330] (II) evdev: Integrated Camera: Close [ 42260.330] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" [ 42260.330] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close [ 42260.331] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" [ 42260.331] (II) evdev: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: Close [ 42260.332] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" [ 42260.332] (II) evdev: ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Close [ 42260.332] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" [ 42260.333] (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics" [ 42260.333] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch [ 42260.356] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 12.10 apt-cache policy inkscape-trunk inkscape-trunk: Installed: 1:0.48+devel+11885+32~quantal1 Candidate: 1:0.48+devel+11885+32~quantal1 Version table: *** 1:0.48+devel+11885+32~quantal1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/trunk/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-core: Installed: 2:1.13.0+git20120920.70e57668-0ubuntu0ricotz Candidate: 2:1.13.0+git20120920.70e57668-0ubuntu0ricotz Version table: *** 2:1.13.0+git20120920.70e57668-0ubuntu0ricotz 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 0 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Nov 20 14:09:10 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-15 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg crash UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1081108/+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