Comment 1 for bug 1190828

Possibly related to recent changes to address the complaints filed in
- Bug #830663 “default window size is too small”
  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/830663>

Could you test whether changing the value for the new preference 'Default Window size' makes a difference (Small|Large|Maximized)? It might also be worthwhile to first make a backup copy of the preferences file (~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml), to allow to track (diff) changes between different sessions wrt to remembered size and positions.

Which WM are you using?