Probably unlikely to be useful, but here's a backtrace: Thread 1 "inkscape" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0000555555c3b822 in SPObject::childList(bool, SPObject::Action) () (gdb) bt #0 0x0000555555c3b822 in SPObject::childList(bool, SPObject::Action) () #1 0x0000555555c8b0a3 in Inkscape::URIReference::_acceptObject(SPObject*) const () #2 0x0000555555c8a1b3 in Inkscape::URIReference::_setObject(SPObject*) () #3 0x0000555555c8ab07 in Inkscape::URIReference::attach(Inkscape::URI const&) () #4 0x0000555555c76b4d in SPIFilter::read(char const*) () #5 0x0000555555c65f83 in SPStyle::_mergeDecl(_CRDeclaration const*) () #6 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #7 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #8 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #9 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #10 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #11 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #12 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #13 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #14 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #15 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #16 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #17 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #18 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #19 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #20 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () ---Type to continue, or q to quit--- #21 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #22 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #23 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #24 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #25 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #26 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #27 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #28 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #29 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #30 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #31 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #32 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #33 0x0000555555c65faa in SPStyle::_mergeDeclList(_CRDeclaration const*) () #34 0x0000555555c65fe9 in SPStyle::_mergeString(char const*) () #35 0x0000555555c6d8ab in SPStyle::read(SPObject*, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #36 0x0000555555c3b30b in SPObject::set(unsigned int, char const*) () #37 0x0000555555c0c087 in SPItem::set(unsigned int, char const*) () #38 0x0000555555c21875 in SPLPEItem::set(unsigned int, char const*) () #39 0x0000555555c40638 in SPPath::set(unsigned int, char const*) () #40 0x0000555555c0bd39 in SPItem::build(SPDocument*, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #41 0x0000555555c4f3f0 in SPShape::build(SPDocument*, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #42 0x0000555555c40176 in SPPath::build(SPDocument*, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #43 0x0000555555c38204 in SPObject::invoke_build(SPDocument*, Inkscape::XML::Nod---Type to continue, or q to quit--- e*, unsigned int) () #44 0x0000555555c3ac7c in SPObject::build(SPDocument*, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #45 0x0000555555c38204 in SPObject::invoke_build(SPDocument*, Inkscape::XML::Node*, unsigned int) () #46 0x0000555555c3ab61 in SPObject::child_added(Inkscape::XML::Node*, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #47 0x0000555555c21bb1 in SPLPEItem::child_added(Inkscape::XML::Node*, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #48 0x0000555555c10be3 in SPGroup::child_added(Inkscape::XML::Node*, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #49 0x0000555555f52182 in Inkscape::XML::CompositeNodeObserver::notifyChildAdded(Inkscape::XML::Node&, Inkscape::XML::Node&, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #50 0x0000555555f60a8c in Inkscape::XML::SimpleNode::addChild(Inkscape::XML::Node*, Inkscape::XML::Node*) () #51 0x0000555555b53471 in sp_import_document(SPDesktop*, SPDocument*, bool) () #52 0x0000555555f675aa in Inkscape::UI::ClipboardManagerImpl::paste(SPDesktop*, bool) () #53 0x0000555555ba851f in sp_selection_paste(SPDesktop*, bool) () #54 0x0000555555db218a in sp_action_perform(SPAction*, void*) () #55 0x0000555555bd161d in sp_shortcut_invoke(unsigned int, Inkscape::UI::View::View*) () #56 0x00007ffff57e310d in (anonymous namespace)::Widget_signal_key_release_event_callback(_GtkWidget*, _GdkEventKey*, void*) () at /lib64/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 ---Type to continue, or q to quit--- #57 0x00007ffff48dfb9e in _gtk_marshal_BOOLEAN__BOXED () at /lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #58 0x00007ffff05293e5 in g_closure_invoke () at /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #59 0x00007ffff053b503 in signal_emit_unlocked_R () at /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #60 0x00007ffff0543b8f in g_signal_emit_valist () at /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #61 0x00007ffff054443f in g_signal_emit () at /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #62 0x00007ffff4a1018c in gtk_widget_event_internal () at /lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #63 0x00007ffff48ddf2f in gtk_propagate_event () at /lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #64 0x00007ffff48de21b in gtk_main_do_event () at /lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #65 0x00007ffff453b49c in gdk_event_dispatch () at /lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 #66 0x00007ffff0250e42 in g_main_context_dispatch () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #67 0x00007ffff02511c0 in g_main_context_iterate.isra () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #68 0x00007ffff02514e2 in g_main_loop_run () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #69 0x00007ffff48dd267 in gtk_main () at /lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #70 0x0000555555afedfb in sp_main_gui(int, char const**) () #71 0x00007fffef072401 in __libc_start_main () at /lib64/libc.so.6 #72 0x0000555555afae2a in _start ()