When starting KDE (after the initialization splash disappears) KDE panel crashes with error "KDE Panel (kicker) crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV)". I use kde-3.3.0_rc2. I have read somewhere that it is usually caused by a crashing applet placed in the panel, but I didn't find out which one it is. Here is backtrace: Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 16384 (LWP 5549)] 0x41287b18 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #0 0x41287b18 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #1 0x4084c688 in ?? () from /usr/kde/3.3/lib/libkdecore.so.4 #2 0x407712d2 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler () from /usr/kde/3.3/lib/libkdecore.so.4 #3 0xbfffe220 in ?? () #4 0xbfffe230 in ?? () #5 0x00000046 in ?? () #6 0x407ff0a0 in posix_memalign () from /usr/kde/3.3/lib/libkdecore.so.4 #7 0x0817000a in ?? () #8 0x00000040 in ?? () #9 0xbfffe250 in ?? () #10 0x407ff0a0 in posix_memalign () from /usr/kde/3.3/lib/libkdecore.so.4 #11 0x0819000a in ?? () #12 0x000015b4 in ?? () #13 0x00000400 in ?? () #14 0x00000400 in ?? () #15 0x0826bdf8 in ?? () #16 0xbfffe250 in ?? () #17 0xbfffe2f0 in ?? () #18 0x40f3cfa8 in typeinfo name for QLibrary () from /usr/qt/3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #19 0x00000065 in ?? () #20 0x08226c18 in ?? () #21 0x081bf490 in ?? () #22 0x00000000 in ?? () #23 0x08209210 in ?? () #24 0x08209210 in ?? () #25 0xbfffe198 in ?? () #26 0x40e691a2 in QPtrCollection::~QPtrCollection () from /usr/qt/3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install kde-3.3.0_rc2 2. startx (kde-3.3.0_rc2) Actual Results: KDE Panel (kicker) crashes. Expected Results: Panel should display.
I have done some testing and found out that the crash is caused by "World Wide Watch" applet in child panel. The problem still exists in kde-3.0.0 too.
Happens on upgrade to KDE 3.3. This is a packaging issue, script needs to move/remove/update ~/.kde/share/config/kickerrc - this resolves the problem.
First I would like to correct my #1. I ment kde-3.3.0 and not kde-3.0.0. Sorry for that. Well, Jonathan, I'm not sure if you are right. When the KPanel crashed, I have removed the ~/.kde3.3/share/config/kickerrc (~/.kde3.3 is simlinked from ~/.kde) and KDE started with the default KPanel. Then I added one applet, restarted KDE and when the KPanel appeared without error, I added new applet. As I wrote above, everything works fine until I add World Wide Watch applet. When I add this applet, the applet even appears blank without any World Wide Watch. It seems to me that the problem really is in the World Wide Watch applet.
I assume this was http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92025 which is fixed in 3.3.2. Reopen if it is not the case.
Not sure if this is appropriate bug, if so close and let me know where/what to report. I experience same problems on kde-3.3.2 on gentoo-sparc64. Have not been able to resolve by simply removing kickerrc.
