Switch tool based on tablet device (switchonextinput) crashes flatpak

Krzysztof Łopatowski
2026-04-04T23:24:35Z

- plug in your tablet
- open Inkscape
- go to Edit \> Preferences \> Input/Output \> Input devices
- turn on "Switch tool based on tablet device"
- restart Inkscape

#### What happened?

With tablet plugged in, Inkscape on startup shows the UI and immediately crashes without the chance to do anything.

There is no additional information in output log when running from terminal.

### Recovery

Edit in \`\~/.var/app/org.inkscape.Inkscape/config/inkscape/preferences.xml\`

"switchonextinput"'s value to 0.

Or unplug your tablet and toggle that setting in UI.

#### Version info

```
Operating System: Fedora Linux 45
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 7.0.0-0.rc5.260327g46b513250491.46.fc45.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Inkscape 1.4.3 (0d15f75042, 2025-12-25)

Compile (Run)
GLib version: 2.86.3
GTK version: 3.24.51 (3.24.51)
glibmm version: 2.66.1
gtkmm version: 3.24.5
libxml2 version: 2.14.6
libxslt version: 1.1.43
Cairo version: 1.18.4 (1.18.4)
Pango version: 1.57.0 (1.57.0)
HarfBuzz version: 11.4.5 (11.4.5)

OS version: GNOME 49 (Flatpak runtime)
```