I was unable to reproduce this bug using karmic alpha 4. Please could you attach a copy of the file you had problems with?
$ apt-cache policy inkscape inkscape: Installed: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- inkscape crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359516 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs