Yup, updating cairo fixes the problem.
Can confirm Bug present: inkscape 0.48.3.1, cairo 1.10.2, on Gentoo Linux Bug *not* present: inkscape 0.48.3.1, cairo 1.12.2, on Gentoo Linux
Yup, updating cairo fixes the problem.
Can confirm
Bug present: inkscape 0.48.3.1, cairo 1.10.2, on Gentoo Linux
Bug *not* present: inkscape 0.48.3.1, cairo 1.12.2, on Gentoo Linux