I talked about this on #ubuntu-bugs today. Several others were unable to confirm. This seems to be an IM bug (probably SCIM?).
I have SCIM installed with GTK IM module. -- Inkscape crashes on Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/52303 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs