I have this problem too (fully up-to-date Lucid 10.04), although it doesn't matter whether the TIFF file has an absolute or a relative path in the SVG.
Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a TIFF: $ import test.tiff 2. Open Inkscape, drag the new test.tiff in. 3. Save as SVG. 4. Browse to the containing folder with Nautilus, or $ eog test-svg-file The SVG can be modified to make the TIFF file path absolute, and the issue still occurs. Does not happen with, say, JPEG files. I use a lot of TIFF files in SVG, and this bug has been around quite a while now (not sure when it started, as Nautilus used to crash because of gradients in SVG files, so the cause is now different but the effect is the same!) librsvg2-2 2.26.3-0ubuntu1 -- nautilus hangs on preview of SVG with embedded TIF https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409409 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