I had exactly the same issue in Inkscape 0.48.5 r10040 and ubuntu 14.10.
Editing or typing text would result in blur window, hanged.
Search Language Support in your Dashboard, then under Language select Keyboard Input method System: none
and restart (must) your system resolved the issue
I had exactly the same issue in Inkscape 0.48.5 r10040 and ubuntu 14.10.
Editing or typing text would result in blur window, hanged.
Search Language Support in your Dashboard, then under Language select Keyboard Input method System: none
and restart (must) your system resolved the issue