I should add that I was opening the documents by starting a new inkscape session and using File->Open
$ apt-cache policy inkscape inkscape: Installed: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- Inkscape crashes when importing a PDF file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/169147 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs