inkscape crashes

[Jonathan Stickel]

On 11/8/10 08:00 , macports-users-request at lists.macosforge.org wrote:
> Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:41:25 +0100 (CET)
> From: Harald Hanche-Olsen
> To:macports-users at lists.macosforge.org
> Subject: Re: inkscape crashes
>
> Inkscape has been unusable for me on the mac since mid-September due
> to it crashing, usually within the first one or two actions after
> startup. I haven't complained yet because I don't use inkscape all
> that often; and when have needed it, I have been able to use it on a
> linux machine at work; and finally, I haven't had the time to
> investigate enough to produce a bug report of sufficient quality to be
> of any use.
>
> Maybe I should blow away all of inkscape's direct and indirect
> dependencies and rebuild, but that is a huge number of ports. I might
> as well blow away my entire ports tree and rebuild it.
>
> All I can offer is an excerpt from a recent crashlog:
>
> Thread 0 Crashed:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
> 0   libSystem.B.dylib                   0x00007fff84f403d6 __kill + 10
> 1   libSystem.B.dylib                   0x00007fff84fe0913 __abort + 103
> 2   libSystem.B.dylib                   0x00007fff84fe0981 abort_report_np + 0
> 3   libglib-2.0.0.dylib                 0x0000000102505bf8 g_assertion_message + 328
> 4   libglib-2.0.0.dylib                 0x0000000102506142 g_assertion_message_expr + 82
> 5   libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib              0x0000000101a3a947 get_icon_fallback + 103
> 6   libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib              0x0000000101a352d7 idle_populate_func + 839
> 7   libgdk-x11-2.0.0.dylib              0x0000000101db8c19 gdk_threads_dispatch + 89
> 8   libglib-2.0.0.dylib                 0x00000001024e0919 g_main_context_dispatch + 553
> 9   libglib-2.0.0.dylib                 0x00000001024e3fb1 g_main_context_iterate + 961
> 10  libglib-2.0.0.dylib                 0x00000001024e42c5 g_main_loop_run + 485
> 11  libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib              0x00000001019dfd90 gtk_main + 176
> 12  inkscape                            0x00000001000303a0 sp_main_gui(int, char const**) + 1280
> 13  inkscape                            0x000000010002fa1e main + 1230
> 14  inkscape                            0x000000010002eec8 start + 52
>
> It might be interesting to know if others see the same in their
> crashlogs. Look for them in ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/, with names
> like inkscape_<date>_<machine>.crash

Thanks for the note.  It is good to know that I am not the only one! 
You might take a look at this inkscape bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/629363

If your crash occurs in the same way as described there, it might help 
for you to report on the ticket that you are also affected by the bug.

Thanks,
Jonathan