Bug 500193

Summary: Inkscape Crash as user
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: Petro <piotr.panasiuk>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM    
Severity: crash CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: strace as user and sudo

Description Petro 2025-02-16 15:26:49 UTC
Created attachment 178442 [details]
strace as user and sudo

SUMMARY
inkscape crash when one tries to run as user, however inkscape works perfectlly well when run as sudo.
Not affected desktops:
Hyprland
gnome
Inkscape 1.3.2 (1:1.3.2+202404261509+091e20ef0f)

    GLib version:     2.83.3
    GTK version:      3.24.48
    glibmm version:   2.66.7
    gtkmm version:    3.24.9
    libxml2 version:  2.9.14
    libxslt version:  1.1.35
    Cairo version:    1.18.2
    Pango version:    1.56.1
    HarfBuzz version: 10.2.0
    OS version:       Debian

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install
2. start Inscape from „normal” user account
3. Inscape crashes each time

OBSERVED RESULT
When inkscape going to be start in Plasma desktop enviroment as user, each time crashes, during investigation been observed:
1. crashes on fresh user accound too.

Correct Inkscape start when:
1. started on plasma from as sudo level
2. on hyprland as normal user
3. on gnome as normal user

EXPECTED RESULT
each plasma user shall be able to start the inkscape program

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Debian 13
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.12.13-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
strace logs gathered from normal user and as sudo.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-02-18 22:50:06 UTC
Inkscape isn't a KDE app; if it crashes, that's an issue for the Inkscape developers to debug.

Side note: don't run GUI apps with `sudo`. If this isn't the first time you did that, it's possible that doing it in the past has in fact broken Inkscape when *not* run with `sudo`.
Comment 2 Petro 2025-02-19 07:21:55 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Inkscape isn't a KDE app; if it crashes, that's an issue for the Inkscape
> developers to debug.
> 
> Side note: don't run GUI apps with `sudo`. If this isn't the first time you
> did that, it's possible that doing it in the past has in fact broken
> Inkscape when *not* run with `sudo`.

ahhh ofcourse sudo just for tests, just tried be constructive, You right. anyway sorry to bother just thought kde eviroment is meant to be rather for production.