@suv You are running an outdated libxml2. Looks like it is a regression bug in 2.9 which is shipped with Ubuntu 13.04. See https://github.com/lxml/lxml/issues/98
I cannot narrow down the problem to simple reproducible example. You can build libxml2 from git and test for yourself. Here is the equivalent C code http://pastebin.com/3WAZj62N . Depending on where you installed libxml2, to build you can use gcc -ggdb -I/opt/libxml2/include/libxml2 -L/opt/libxml2/lib tst.c -lxml2 -o tst ./tst | xmllint -noout - tst.svg can be taken from http://www.sendspace.com/file/doyain . Meanwhile it would be nice if Inkscape caught an exception and gave a user reasonable message instead of crashing in places like system.cpp if (!doc) { throw Input::open_failed(); } -- 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/1130225 Title: inkscape crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: Incomplete Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I embedded a single jpeg and I was looking how to make it pale. Inkscape crashed when I attempted Extensions->Colors->More Light ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: inkscape 0.48.4-0.1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-6.13-generic 3.8.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-6-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Feb 19 10:34:06 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/inkscape MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdline: inkscape /mnt/bbe/Cannon\ river/Geomorphology\ and\ Field\ Data/Belle\ Creek\ Project/Belle\ Creek_Site\ Data_NEW\ LABELS/Site\ Data_Belle\ Creek/BC-01/P7160006.JPG Signal: 6 SourcePackage: inkscape StacktraceTop: __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 Inkscape::Extension::open(Inkscape::Extension::Extension*, char const*) () Title: inkscape crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-15 (34 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom davfs2 dialout dip disk floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare users video wireshark To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1130225/+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