(gdb) run Starting program: /home/alex/source/svn/inkscape/src/inkscape [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 47638476350512 (LWP 12161)] terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error' what(): basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. [Switching to Thread 47638476350512 (LWP 12161)] 0x000000300022fde0 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x000000300022fde0 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x0000003000231290 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x00002b53b157c674 in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 #3 0x00002b53b157a7f6 in std::set_unexpected () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 #4 0x00002b53b157a823 in std::terminate () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 #5 0x00002b53b157a90a in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 #6 0x00002b53b1516397 in std::__throw_logic_error () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 #7 0x00002b53b1559829 in std::string::_S_copy_chars () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 #8 0x00002b53b1559932 in std::basic_string, std::allocator >::basic_string () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 #9 0x00002b53ae65966e in Glib::ustring::ustring () from /usr/lib64/libglibmm-2.4.so.1 #10 0x0000000000444c88 in sp_file_new_default () at file.cpp:133 #11 0x00000000004388b9 in sp_main_gui (argc=1, argv=0x7ffffcccd338) at main.cpp:639 #12 0x0000000000438ce2 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7ffffcccd338) at main.cpp:489 (gdb)