Inkscape crashes when I try to resize image

[LLMMNNOOPP]

This has happened to me with a couple of svg files.

I go to File-> Document Properties -> Fit Page To Selection
and Inkscape crashes with the message:
"Inkscape encountered an internal error and will close now.
Automatic backup of the following documents failed: ..."

I get the same error if I change the dimensions manually via File-> Document Properties -> Width/Height

I put a copy of a problematic svg file here:
http://www.math.uh.edu/~robertr/temp/Rosenbaum_Figure_6U2.svg

I am running Inkscape 0.47 on mac OS 10.6. I installed from the binary on the Inkscape website.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

reproduced with Inkscape 0.47+devel r9108 on OS X 10.5.8

emergency save fails, there are no console messages besides ~400 repeated warnings:

** (inkscape-bin:3665): WARNING **: Called helperfns_read_number with value==null_ptr, this can lead to unexpected behaviour.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Which application was used to create the original diagrams? Did you import them as SVG files?

[LLMMNNOOPP (rjrosenbaum)]

The top part of the figure (circles and arrows) was created in Inkscape. The bottom part (plots) was created in Mathematica, exported as an svg, then edited in Inkscape.

[LLMMNNOOPP (rjrosenbaum)]

The error seems to be in the Inkscape generated part, not the Mathematica generated part.

As far as I remember, the following file was made from scratch in Inkscape:
http://www.math.uh.edu/~robertr/temp/Rosenbaum_Figure_6U.svg
and it gives the same error.

[LLMMNNOOPP (rjrosenbaum)]

Sure enough, if I delete the top part of "Figure_6U2.svg" (keeping only the Mathematica stuff), I can resize the image with no problem.

Another sign of a problem in "Figure_6U.svg":
If I try to Import it into a blank svg file, Inkscape crashes.

[LLMMNNOOPP (rjrosenbaum)]

Nevermind the first part of my last post. Deleting the top part of the file does not help.
I was cutting the bottom part, deleting everything, then pasting it back. However, this pastes in a bitmap format. Simply deleting the top part does not resolve the issue.

[LLMMNNOOPP (rjrosenbaum)]

Okay, I have reduced the error to a very simple case. The following file has the same issue:
http://www.math.uh.edu/~robertr/temp/test2.svg

To make this file, I deleted everything from Rosenbaum_Figure_6U.svg then drew a circle.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

> However, this pastes in a bitmap format.

that's an issue with Apple's X11 - see the FAQ "Copying and pasting in Inkscape creates pixellated images instead of copying the vector objects" <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Copying_and_pasting_in_Inkscape_creates_pixellated_images_instead_of_copying_the_vector_objects> on how to change the X11 preferences to enable copy&paste of vector objects in Inkscape on Leopard and Snow Leopard.

Screenshot of X11 preferences: <http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36209214/XQuartz-clipboard-preferences.png>

[su_v (suv-lp)]

'Rosenbaum_Figure_6U.svg' wasn't created with Inkscape either. Your test case 'test2.svg' has (partially deleted) remnants of the original file (e.g. clipped groups with text, clip-paths) that are not visible on-canvas.

I don't know if Inkscape crashes due to the SVG structure (clip-paths?) in those files created by Mathematica - but maybe you could try with a reduced original test case from Mathematica what triggers the crash in Inkscape (e.g. one without text or with a very basic diagram)?

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

crash confirmed on Windows XP. I get a crash if I simply Import the file rather than Opening it.

[LLMMNNOOPP (rjrosenbaum)]

I don't think that Mathematica is the problem. I don't think that anything in 'Rosenbaum_Figure_6U.svg' was generated in Mathematica. It's an old file to which I later added Mathematica svg's, to obtain 'Rosenbaum_Figure_6U2.svg'.

In any case, I made the X11 preference change that ~suv suggested (thanks!), then copied the top part of the problematic figure to another file. Now I have the figure I wanted and no crashes. Thanks for the help.

I guess the original file, 'Rosenbaum_Figure_6U.svg', is corrupt. I have no idea what the source of the problem is, but I'm pretty sure it originated in Inkscape, perhaps an older version.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Thank you for testing and reporting back. I propose to leave this bug report open at high priority because imho Inkscape should not crash when resizing (or importing) a document that otherwise is rendered without visible error.

[LLMMNNOOPP (rjrosenbaum)]

Okay. I'll leave the files on my server until one day when I'm cleaning up and forget why they're there.

[Igor Korček (angelxube)]

I am sorry if this bug is solved in the latest version but i am not sure and there's no any latest DEB so...

Inkscape 0.48.0 r9654
Linux Mint 9

When i press Shift+Ctrl+D (Document Properties) my Inkscape crash. Here is a report from gdb:

** (inkscape:4690): CRITICAL **: Inkscape::XML::Document* sp_repr_read_file(const gchar*, const gchar*): assertion `Inkscape::IO::file_test( filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS )' failed
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Gtk::IconThemeError'

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0x00007fffef7d9ba5 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6

[su_v (suv-lp)]

@Igor Korček - your issue is not related to this report (bug #527314):

> Inkscape 0.48.0 r9654
> Linux Mint 9

> terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Gtk::IconThemeError'

-> this is bug #658055 (fixed in Inkscape 0.48.1, but the underlying issue - caused by changes in GTK+ ≥ 2.22 - might affect other applications as well, as seen in bug #651678)

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Both test files now lead to a 404 page. Could someone with a local copy attach it to the report so that we could work on it again.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Thanks for the files ~suv!

Crash reproduced on Crunchbang Waldorf, Inkscape 0.48.3.1.
Not reproduced with trunk revision 13446.