Comment 2 for bug 1366508

The problem I report seems to follow importing a large graphic image as a background:

1. Open the generic SVG file attached to this message (its contents shouldn't really matter).

2. Embed or link a large graphic image as a background. For consistency with my experience, use this image:

http://i.imgur.com/572V8QO.jpg

3. Navigate around, try to add text, change scales, and so forth.

4. Within a few seconds, the GUI will become unresponsive and the program will have to be killed.

5. It doesn't matter whether the image is linked or embedded, the problem persists.

Details: Dell XPS 720 desktop machine, 8 GB RAM, Kubuntu 14.04, Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939

6. This bug may be memory-related. After the program becomes unresponsive, I see a memory problem on my system, but one that doesn't prevent other programs from running:

http://i.imgur.com/lhQUB75.png (sorted by memory usage)

7. Again, as reported before, this bug doesn't appear on the current Windows version of Inkscape running on the same system.

(I hope this is helpful, I regard Inkscape as a first-rate program.)