inkscape crashes

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 5, 2010, at 10:47, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> On 11/3/10 10:13 , Jonathan Stickel wrote:
>> Inkscape (@0.48.0_1) installed via Macports crashes when I do just about
>> anything. For example, it starts fine, but then if I draw a circle and
>> try to change its fill color, it crashes with:
>> 
>> {{{
>> $ inkscape
>> Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-eMygxI/org.x:0".
>> 
>> Emergency save activated!
>> 
>> Emergency save document locations:
>> /Users/jstickel/New document 1.2010_11_03_08_56_48.0.svg
>> Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now.
>> If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org
>> with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can
>> fix it.
>> Segmentation fault
>> }}}
>> 
>> This may be related to ticket #24528, although that report is old and
>> for version 0.47. I'd be happy to open a ticket, but I'd like to debug a
>> bit first. Is inkscape linking to a corrupt library? How can I tell?
>> 
>> BTW, the downloadable "app" version of inkscape works fine.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jonathan
> 
> Is there no one else experiencing this?  Here is a similar report from someone using Gentoo:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/629363
> 
> Also, here is the first part of my crash log:
> 
> 
> Process:         inkscape [79592]
> Path:            /opt/local/bin/inkscape
> Identifier:      inkscape
> Version:         ??? (???)
> Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
> Parent Process:  bash [14161]
> 
> Date/Time:       2010-11-05 08:59:11.268 -0600
> OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F569)
> Report Version:  6
> 
> Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
> Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000005394018
> Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
> 
> Thread 0 Crashed:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
> 0   inkscape                      	0x00000001003d2d39 sp_stroke_style_line_update(Gtk::Container*, Inkscape::Selection*) + 537
> ...
> 
> 
> Other than uninstalling all inkscape dependencies and reinstalling, what can I try?

I don't use inkscape so I don't know how to help you.

The error message you received suggests you file a bug report at www.inkscape.org. Have you done that?