Inkscape

  1. Bug #194241
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 194241

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Tom Davidson (tjd-mit) wrote : Re: preferences.xml not a valid XML file, or you dont have read permissions on it. inkscape will run with default settings, new settings will not be saved

Hey, don't forget--Inkscape is *your* program, too. :D Inkscape is created and supported entirely by volunteers. Helping to track down problems by filing bug reports (like you are doing) and investigating weird behavior is a great way to help the software improve...

A quick workaround for your current problem is to move or delete your preferences.xml file. Inkscape should then generate a fresh one for you.

Before you delete the old file, though, could you please either attach it when you reply to this email (or, if you are viewing this at the launchpad website, use the 'Attachment' field to upload the file), so that we can try to figure out what is going wrong?

If this keeps happening to you after you have delete the corrupted file, check whether one or more partitions on your disk is full...