I'm VERY new to Inkscape and art in general, but am experiencing a very annoying, very consistent crash. 

I'm trying to use the pencil tool as a normal drawing tool -- just dragging and clicking to have the path appear as I've drawn. The closest thing I've found that does this is using Pencil > Bezier Path > Use Pressure Input. I'm assuming pressure input is intended for tablet drawing, but I'm only using a mouse.

The problem is that EVERY time I end the path with any overlap at all, Inkscape crashes. This is super consistent and is happening extremely often. Is this happening because I'm not using a tablet with Use Pressure Input, or is it just a bug?

Also, if there's a better solution to getting a classic 'draw line, line appears as it was drawn' than what I'm doing now, any guidance would be appreciated. I'm ideally wanting to use Inkscape quite a lot for my project and I'm finding it a bit dense and clunky so far.

Thanks!

 

Please

1. Describe your OS (your computer's Operating System: Mac/Windows/Linux/etc. & version).
2. Describe if Inkscape was newly installed, or upgraded from an earlier version.
3. Describe the version of Inkscape and the installer you used (the file you downloaded from the web: .msi/.exe/.zip/appimage/other, PPA/Snap/Flatpak, dmg/other ). 
4. Describe any special hardware being used, like tablet/stylus, external drives or multiple monitors.
5. Describe any helper/assistive programs or keyboard modifiers (macros, languages, etc.).

Bonus points, if you:

• Attach* a screenshot / video of the issue.

Dose it occur if you turn off pressure?