Text in Inkscape 0.48.2 not rendering

[Joe Giampaoli]

Hello, just compiled version 0.48.2 and noticed that when typing text it doesn't render, what it does do is just insert what looks like horizontal lines, tested with different font types and still same problem, also deleted my .congfig/inkscape folder to reset it and still no go...., reverted to 0.48.1 which is also self compiled.

Thanks.

Ubuntu 10.04

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Not reproduced with (self-compiled) Inkscape 0.48.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.8 (nor with the official package for Mac OS X of 0.48.2).

Could you provide more details about your system (installed dependencies), and maybe the configure logs for 0.48.2?

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the report. Please could you confirm whether you're using the source of the official Ubuntu package (from the Ubuntu repositories) or whether you downloaded the source directly from the Inkscape website?

[Joe Giampaoli (joegiampaoli)]

@ Alex Valavanis

It is the source downloaded directly from Inkscape website.

@~suv

I'll get back with dependencies and log, although I have compiled Inkscape before (many times), this is the first time I get this issue, but doesn't hurt to double check.

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

@Joe - OK, thanks. I'll close the report against the Ubuntu package but I'll leave the report against upstream Inkscape open.

By the way, it would be great if you could try testing the Ubuntu package sometime. If you notice the same problem, please let us know.

[Joe Giampaoli (joegiampaoli)]

@~suv:
Attaching file of configure log "inkscape-0.48.2_configure_log", I think you can see there if all dependencies and versions are satisfiable.

@Alex Valavanis:
Sure, I can test ubuntu package if you can point me to it, can't seem to see one in Inkscape download page, or ar you referring to the one in official ubuntu repositories? If so which distribution release?

Thanks.

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

Hi Joe,

All official packages for Ubuntu can be found in the Ubuntu Software Centre. Alternatively, just open a link to apt://inkscape in your browser, and this will let you do a one-click installation.

[Joe Giampaoli (joegiampaoli)]

Hi Alex, sorry I have bot been back, well I have only been able to test inkscape in ubuntu 10.04 LTS, which is the one I use, all seems to work well with the version in the ubuntu repos, but the only way to test other inkscape versions (newer that is) I would have to upgrade my whole system, if I try to just install the deb package from newer ubuntu versions I get dependency errors, so testing newer ones is practically impossible.

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

No problem... thanks for letting us know! If you ever spot the same issue in one of the supported Ubuntu packages, please feel free to reopen this report.