Which desktop are you using, and which gtk theme / theme engine (for Inkscape, or GTK2 applications in general)?
Possibly related: Bug #1049179 “Inkscape crashes when "Save as" or "Save a copy..." is pressed” (Invalid) (apparently upstream issue in (undisclosed) gtk theme under KDE - most likely Oxygen-gtk) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1003368 Title: Inkscape crashes when trying to open or to save a file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1003368/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs