My workaround with special PPAs works now! After the last round of upgrades to the special PPAs of inkscape and xorg, the problem seems to have disappeared - I can click into workspace without crashing Inkscape
inkscape-trunk: Installed: 1:0.48+devel+11922+32~quantal1 xserver-xorg-core: Installed: 2:1.13.0.901+git20121123+server-1.13-branch.c0e68f8e-0ubuntu0ricotz~quantal Please let me know if you need further testing/info -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081108 Title: Xorg crash after clicking on workspace in inkscape To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1081108/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs