When I execute the Effects->Perspective command, it pops up a dialog box with several warning messages. Once I close the dialog box, the result looks fine ( the effect works). I downloaded the 0.45-1 source and compiled it tonight to double-check and it still gives the warning messages.
I'm running it on Ubuntu Edgy. Here's the warning messages that come up. Note: Each time the numbers change but the number of warnings remains consistent:
** (inkscape:5984): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
** (inkscape:5986): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
** (inkscape:5988): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
** (inkscape:5990): WARNING **: Format autodetect failed. The file is being opened as SVG.
I'm running a slightly older version of 0.45 on my windows xp machine at work and it executes the effect without any dialogs or warnings. Here at home, I was running a nightly build (autopackage version) from about the 13th of March and it consistently gave me these warning messages as well.
I am running Beryl here at home, but I've switched to Metacity and it demonstrates the same behaviour.
Any clues?
Thanks,
Richard