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[Saren Taşçıyan <sarentasciyan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This affects me as well. In my case strace shows access to files, which
are inaccessible. It is a common practice to hide shared file systems
behind private networks. Access via internet required VPN connection or
being in the local network. If this is not the case, things get weird.
And this actually affects many applications (is not inkscape specific).
I had issues with LibreOffice as well.

In my case, strace inkscape reveals files which are at the inaccessible
network. The IO (which I guess fails) takes seconds until some sort of
time-out. But if there are many files, then this takes longer
cumulatively. Funny thing is that none of these files were actually in
any way associated to inkscape. Basically, this happens while inkscape
checks/goes through recently accessed files. My guess is that some
library or component does this, which is shared by many applications. If
you can find, which (if this is the case) I would like to report the
issue them as well.

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Title:
  Inkscape hangs while trying to access slow mounts.

Status in Inkscape:
  New
Status in OpenAFS:
  Invalid
Status in inkscape package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Inkscape has been hanging at apparently random intervals recently.  
  It shows in system monitor that it is  waiting on afs_[something] which is the OpenAFS network file system that is installed on my PC. The AFS is hanging because it's not connected or not authenticated or something, which to be fair isn't Inkscape's fault.

  The problem with it, is that I've no idea why it is trying to access
  the AFS volume. This happens when I start inkscape with no file (i.e.
  just run 'inkscape' from the terminal) from a directory on my main
  drive (not the AFS). It then also happens at arbitary muliple minute
  intervals and/or on every ~10th time I switch back to the inkscape
  window.

  I'm guessing that there must be a recently used file or something that is on the AFS, although I can't find it in the list.
  Could it also be that the 'File Open' dialog is being primed or something? It doesn't require me to open the 'Open' diaglog though, it just happens anyway in the middle of drawing.

  The second problem is that the interface shouldn't just freeze while
  it's waiting for a slow device, since the average user wouldn't know
  what's going on. It took me ages to work it out. I'm not sure if this
  counts as a bug in inkscape, in openafs, or in some common file
  handling component.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: inkscape 0.48.2-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-20.34-generic 3.0.30
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-20-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu May 24 12:26:35 2012
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: inkscape
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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