Comment 12 for bug 398186

> Normally, I always start X11 with my startup preferences after a
> reboot. So, it is usually up and running before I try to invoke
> Inkscape.

So you set up a special X11 environment - is it related to other fink
apps (maybe starting an XFree86 or Xorg server port from fink installed
as dependency)?

> This time I quit X11 and then started Inkscape by itself. It finally
> came up (the pre1-1 version).

Good. ;-) better yet would be to figure out
- what changed with the 10.5.7 update causing Inkscape 0.46-2 to stop
  working (or was it X11 failing to launch on your system?)?
- what version of X11 is already running now when the recent
  Inkscape.app versions from sf.net fail?

> I would be happy to test the pre1-2 version if you think it is
> necessary. Just let me know.

That's for you to decide - of course it's best to know whether there are
still any issues with the latest prerelease builds that need to be fixed...

- quit X11
- clear the user fontcache
  (rm ~/.fontconfig/*)
- reset Inkscape preferences
  (mv ~/.config/inkscape ~/.config/inkscape.old)
- start Inkscape.app

might be prudent steps to test different versions with the same default
settings. And keeping an eye on the console log...