Same bug running Ubuntu 16.04 and inkscape 0.91 r13725. In my case this is due to a file that was in an autofs filesystem that cannot be mounted.
The two workarounds described above solve the problem (~/.local/share /recently-used.xbel and setting maxrecentdocuments=0 in ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785701 Title: Inkscape freezes at opening To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/785701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs