Inkscape crashes when clicking fill/stroke tool

[hankwang]

Inkscape version: Inkscape 0.47pre4 r22446, built Oct 14 2009
Vanilla version as it came with Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic".

I have had this problem already for several Ubuntu versions; that's why I don't feel like upgrading again to see whether the latest version works better. The funny thing is that it only happens on one particular (old) account on my computer, even if I delete ~/.inkscape and ~/.config/inkscape. If I log in as a different user, it works without problem. I have no clue what bit of configuration is different between these accounts.

Steps to produce error:
1. Start inkscape.
2. Click the fill/stroke icon (it also happens if you draw/select something first).
3. Inkscape crashes; error messages as below:
** (inkscape:2938): WARNING **: GC Warning: Out of Memory! Returning NIL!
** (inkscape:2938): WARNING **: SPObject::updateDisplay(SPCtx *ctx, unsigned int flags) : throw in ((SPObjectClass *) G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(this))->update(this, ctx, flags);
(above two messages repeated about 30 times)

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what(): std::bad_alloc

Emergency save activated!
Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now.
If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org
with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it.

** (inkscape:2968): WARNING **: GC Warning: Out of Memory! Returning NIL!

terminate called recursively

Stack trace:
#0 0x00dc9422 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0x03b3b4d1 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2 0x03b3e932 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3 0x050294df in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
#4 0x05027415 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
#5 0x05027452 in std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
#6 0x05027591 in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
#7 0x0835637d in ?? ()
#8 0x08354738 in ?? ()
#9 0x0834da3b in ?? ()
#10 0x08356289 in ?? ()
#11 0x08354738 in ?? ()
#12 0x0834da3b in ?? ()
#13 0x085a8f16 in ?? ()
#14 0x085a965c in ?? ()
#15 0x085a97da in ?? ()
#16 0x085ab13f in ?? ()
#17 0x08384cbb in ?? ()
#18 0x083850fc in ?? ()
#19 0x083686b5 in ?? ()
#20 0x0836509b in ?? ()
#21 0x08364213 in ?? ()
#22 0x083642b8 in ?? ()
#23 0x0823ddbd in ?? ()
#24 0x0092f9fc in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#25 0x00922072 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#26 0x009377a8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#27 0x00938b2d in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#28 0x00938fb6 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#29 0x00e2ced5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#30 0x00e2eebd in gtk_action_activate () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#31 0x00fddc2e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#32 0x0092f9fc in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#33 0x00922072 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#34 0x009377a8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#35 0x00938b2d in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#36 0x00938fb6 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#37 0x00e4788a in gtk_button_clicked () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#38 0x00e48ea8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#39 0x0092f9fc in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#40 0x009206f9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#41 0x00922072 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#42 0x009370b0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#43 0x00938b2d in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#44 0x00938fb6 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#45 0x00e4792a in gtk_button_released () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#46 0x00e47963 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#47 0x00f07474 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#48 0x009206f9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#49 0x00922072 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#50 0x0093749e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#51 0x009389b8 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#52 0x00938fb6 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#53 0x0102395e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#54 0x00effc20 in gtk_propagate_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#55 0x00f00ea9 in gtk_main_do_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#56 0x0051d65a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#57 0x017f4e88 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#58 0x017f8730 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#59 0x017f8b9f in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#60 0x00f01419 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#61 0x002dd5e7 in Gtk::Main::run_impl() () from /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1
#62 0x002dd3e2 in Gtk::Main::run() () from /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1
#63 0x0808863b in ?? ()
#64 0x08164f9a in ?? ()
#65 0x08087ac2 in ?? ()
#66 0x03b27b56 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#67 0x08086b71 in ?? ()

[Kris (kris-degussem)]

Do you still have this issue and is it repeatable? Reading the report, it seems to me that there is a problem with your user configuration ...

[hankwang (hknienhuys)]

It's over 2 years later now. In the meantime, the system was upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 and Inkscape 0.47 r22583 (Apr 4 2010).

But it still crashes by just starting and clicking "Fill&Stroke", logged in using the same uid as in the initial bug report. Detailed error messages are below. On another system, Linux Mint 11, Inkscape 0.48.1 r9760 (Mar 22 2011) this does not happen, although I do get frequent crashes when I use it.

At startup, it dumps this a few hundred times on the console:

    (inkscape:18678): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_misc_set_alignment: assertion `GTK_IS_MISC (misc)' failed

After clicking Fill&Stroke:

** (inkscape:18678): WARNING **: GC Warning: Out of Memory! Returning NIL!
** (inkscape:18678): WARNING **: SPObject::updateDisplay(SPCtx *ctx, unsigned int flags) : throw in ((SPObjectClass *) G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(this))->update(this, ctx, flags);

This is repeated a few times, and then:
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what(): std::bad_alloc

Emergency save activated!
Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now.
If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org
with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it.

** (inkscape:18678): WARNING **: GC Warning: Out of Memory! Returning NIL!

terminate called recursively

[Kris (kris-degussem)]

Weird, anyhow, I still believe there is a link with the user configuration.
Also the Inkscape version is quite old now. Keeping the bug report open to see if there are more reactions ...

[Sylvain Chiron (frigory)]

> But it still crashes by just starting and clicking "Fill&Stroke"

You couldn't get the crash with another action e.g. opening another dialog?
When you open Inkscape, is the Fill&Stroke dialog already opened (and hidden behind another dialog)?

Could you try to move the hidden folders in your home directory and to open Inkscape without them being at their usual place to find out which folder is responsible of the bug (if your config is effectively the problem)? I suggest you use a dichotomic way. You can also create a new user and copy the folders from your buggy user.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Inkscape because there has been no activity for 60 days.]