This is a bug to track the issue in KDE 3.2.x and KDE 3.3.x where kicker will crash on startup on certain machines. So far the best we've been able to tell is that it might be related to the clock applet, but so far we cannot get reliable backtraces to help diagnose the issue. Note that this is hit and miss per system, but is fairly consistent on systems where it does fail, and happens on sparc or ~sparc boxes.
I post this to be helpful, but if it refers to a different phenomenon, feel free to delete it. Tonight I emerged Wed Mar 2 20:15:50 2005 >>> kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r4 Wed Mar 2 20:17:11 2005 >>> media-gfx/xloadimage-4.1-r2 Wed Mar 2 20:18:01 2005 >>> sys-fs/device-mapper-1.00.19-r2 Wed Mar 2 20:20:52 2005 >>> media-libs/imlib2-1.2.0-r2 Wed Mar 2 20:28:41 2005 >>> media-libs/libtheora-1.0_alpha3 and the problem I posted to the Forums http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2030612.html#2030612 KDE kicker panel freezes after `Run Command' seemed to have disappeared. (I haven't run things long enough to see if the random freezing has stopped.) Unmentioned there, but I had also noticed that running `alsaconf' caused `kicker' to vanish (the process gone). I suspect that `alsaconf' killed the "Sound Mixer" that I had running in `kicker', and somehow deep-sixed `kicker'. In any case, this problem has vanished as well.
Maybe usefull info: My system: Sun Netra T1124 2 x 440 UltraSparc -> emerged KDE 3.4: kicker crashes -> changed from kernel 2.4 to 2.6: kicker still crashes I've seen in the forums that other people who have this problem also run Sparc 64 SMP kernels...
A useful tip for debugging is that you can run single kicker applets by doing e.g.: # appletproxy /usr/kde/3.4/share/apps/kicker/applets/clockapplet.desktop
Sparc Ultra 60 latest openprom. Dual processor SMP Sparc-sources 2.4.29 KDE 3.3 and KDE 3.4 Kicker crashes. Same problem. Konqueror also crashes (given attempt was logging into yahoomail)
I have tested every applet individually and they all work except for one.. The clock applet... see snipplet> bash-2.05b# appletproxy /usr/kde/3.4/share/apps/kicker/applets/clockapplet.desktop kdecore (KConfigSkeleton): Creating KConfigSkeleton (0x141cf0) kdecore (KConfigSkeleton): KConfigSkeleton::readConfig() Bus error bash-2.05b#
Created attachment 54271 [details] strace of clock applet I hope this is what was needed, its pretty big
*** Bug 92126 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
May help: Kicker on my x86 machine randomly crashes while inside KDE 3.4. Even more often it crashes on exit from KDE. I have glibc 2.3.4.20041102-r1, kdebase 3.4.0-r1, kdelibs 3.4.0-r2, qt 3.3.4-r3, gcc 3.3.5.20050130-r1, gentoo-sources kernel 2.6.11-r8 installed. I have tried all mentioned suggestions in the forums with no success. Switching out applets, etc in the panel sometimes appears to correct the problem but eventually the panel crashes again. There were no prior problems with my gentoo install until I installed KDE 3.4. I was running Windowmaker before that with no problems.
Kicker is consistently crashing on startup for me, and also whenever a webpage has flash on it. Anyone know if this is fixed in 3.4.1?
Checked in a workaround in the qt ebuilds. Works for me and a couple of other people with kde 3.4.1 (soon to be stable). Basically filters down CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS to just "-O1". There's probably some ugly thing going on with g++ building bad code. Please test and come back with feedback on this bug. Thanks.
Ok, this is fixed.