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Re: libraries in debian BROKEN by working with Adobe SVG



On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:30:40 -0700 (PDT)
stuseven <stuseven@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I posted to the Inkscape forum about this, but so far with no
> replies... the problem - and this will be the 2nd time... I forgot my
> oath of a year ago never to load Adobe SVG into Inkscape...
>   ...when I did this yesterday, Inkscape suddenly is unable to
> draw simple geometrics... square / ellipse / stars... and the same
> library affects several other SVG capable applications.
> 
> My question is:  what libraries need to be refreshed or replaced
> to get Inkscape in Debian working again ?  Note - reinstalling
> Inkscape does not fix this problem.
> 
> Id much prefer reinstalling libraries than wiping my drive and doing
> an entire debian reinstall, but will do that unless somebody can
> suggest what libraries to replace.
> 
> thanks

Are you running Inkscape as a normal user or as root? If loading an SVG
as a normal user causes corruption of system files, then that is a very
serious problem indeed.

-- 

Liam



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