Confirming Stéphane's comment. his PPA libxcb that corrects bug 277069 solves this inkscape and gimp's issue.
-- inkscape and gimp takes a minute to start when run remotely through X x11 in Jaunty - and inkscape draws slowly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375417 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is a direct subscriber. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp