Not sure if this is the same issue, but there is a note in the source for the opacity spinner in the statusbar that seems to describes a similar issue, and implements a workaround:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/view/13394/src/ui/widget/selected-style.cpp#L1210
Not sure if this is the same issue, but there is a note in the source for the opacity spinner in the statusbar that seems to describes a similar issue, and implements a workaround:
http:// bazaar. launchpad. net/~inkscape. dev/inkscape/ trunk/view/ 13394/src/ ui/widget/ selected- style.cpp# L1210