inkscape crashed with SIGSEGV when using calligraphy tool with a Wacom tablet

[Loïc Martin]

Binary package hint: inkscape

When trying to change the "Draw calligraphic or brush strokes" preset drop list (No Preset|Dip pen|Marker|Brush) with a Wacom pen tip ("Wacom Intuos3 6x8"), a completely blank dialog window opens (sometimes, usually it crashes before that window has time to open) and Inkscape window crashes.

Terminal error messages:
> Emergency save activated!
> 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 (core dumped)

It only happens when stylus is set to Screen mode (normal mode, the most often used), not if it is set to Window mode in Inkscape's Files>Input devices.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Sep 16 17:02:14 2009
Disassembly: 0x5e6f3e: Cannot access memory at address 0x5e6f3e
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/inkscape
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: inkscape 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu2
ProcCmdline: inkscape
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x5e6f3e: Cannot access memory at address 0x5e6f3e
 PC (0x005e6f3e) ok
 Reason could not be automatically determined.
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: inkscape
Stacktrace:
 #0 0x005e6f3e in ?? ()
 No symbol table info available.
 Cannot access memory at address 0xbff8e1c0
StacktraceTop: ?? ()
ThreadStacktrace:
 .
 Thread 1 (Thread 2878):
 #0 0x005e6f3e in ?? ()
 No symbol table info available.
 Cannot access memory at address 0xbff8e1c0
Title: inkscape crashed with SIGSEGV
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The backtrace you attached doesn't contain any debugging symbols, so please could you try to obtain a new backtrace by following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:?? ()

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for your report!

However, processing it in order to get sufficient information for the
developers failed (it does not generate an useful symbolic stack trace). This
might be caused by some outdated packages which were installed on your system
at the time of the report:

dbus: installed version 1.2.16-0ubuntu3, latest version: 1.2.16-0ubuntu5
libdbus-1-3: installed version 1.2.16-0ubuntu3, latest version: 1.2.16-0ubuntu5
dbus-x11: installed version 1.2.16-0ubuntu3, latest version: 1.2.16-0ubuntu5

Please upgrade your system to the latest package versions. If you still
encounter the crash, please file a new report.

Thank you for your understanding, and sorry for the inconvenience!