I'm running Inkscape 4.8 in ubuntu 12.04.
I've opened the online help manual, then having found my answer, I closed the browser, only to find the 'opening online manual' pop up still running.
If I try to close it, the widows go blank and the whole programme freezes.
While other programmes continue to work if I try them, the only thing I can do to close Inkscape is to reboot.

The second problem is how do I close one file and open a new one - 'close' or 'quit' both close Inkscape.
If I click on 'New', another instance of Inkscape opens.

Is this normal behaviour for Inkscape ?

John

The 2nd problem isn't a problem, but normal behavior.

The first problem, this is the first I've heard about it. Inkscape's bug tracker is: https://launchpad.net/inkscape. You could try searching to see if a bug has been reported. Or maybe someone here will know something about it

Hi HTH.
Many thanks for your detailed reply.
'Stale session' gave me the clue. What I've found, with a fresh reboot and nothing else running, is that if I have finished reading the help manual, and go back to my file, the pop up is still running.
If I then try to close that, with the manual still open, the pop up goes blank, but hangs.
If, however, I close the manual first, then go to my file, the pop up will close as soon as I click on it.

I don't think this constitutes a bug, just a better way of working

Thanks also for the 'kill' route. I knew there was a method, but couldn't work out what it was(even after reading the 'man' page ! )

Regards
John

Lol, love your sig!

You may find that Inkscape is full of these little issues, depending on your perspective. I actually find the description of "stable" to be a bit of a stretch. I certainly would not pay for this kind of stable. But since it's free, and for goodness sakes, still further away from a 1.0 version, than closer to it. Although not by much, it still outperforms most programs' 1.0 version, imo.

If this problem can be reproduced, it probably should be reported. I don't have this problem on Windows though. In fact it happens so fast that I rarely even see a flash of the popup! Mostly it's just like a blink and it's open! (which is really kind of surprising, because I have the general impression that Linux os is faster and more efficient than Windows)

I'm not sure, but I might have an issue with my cpu.
It could now be aging faster than I am, so I'll hang fire until I get the replacement installed( waiting for the conductive wrist strap to arrive).
If I can still produce the hang up, I'll certainly post details of what I can reproduce.

Glad you like the sig - wait till I sort out the avatar
John

Had this same problem.

Ubuntu 13.10 - Latest Inkscape version.

I was in the middle of a masterpiece that would have changed the world. But because this was the first time ever using Inkscape, I turned to the manual, it opened up Chrome, learned what I needed, then went back to inkscape with.

Here was the error message:
"Your profile could not be opened correctly.
Some features may be unavailable. Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents."

So I closed that window only to be greeted with another window:
'Inkscape Manual' working, please wait...'

I tried to close that window but that only freezes Inkscape and I was forced to loose my work.

I was really impressed with Inkscape until this happened