Version: (using Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources Compiler: Stock Kubuntu 8.04 compiler OS: Linux Tried to add Comic Strip to my new kde4 session (I removed ~/.kde4 before loading this session). I got this : Application: Plasma Workspace (plasma), signal SIGSEGV [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0xb4e759c0 (LWP 7604)] [New Thread 0xb08fab90 (LWP 8018)] [New Thread 0xb10fbb90 (LWP 8017)] [New Thread 0xb18fcb90 (LWP 8014)] [New Thread 0xb20fdb90 (LWP 7626)] [New Thread 0xb33b0b90 (LWP 7625)] [KCrash handler] #6 0xb62744c6 in QPainter::isActive () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #7 0xb6279815 in QPainter::save () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #8 0xb2ba9659 in ComicApplet::paintInterface (this=0x8640f70, p=0xc) at /home/valentin/kde/src/4/extragear/plasma/applets/comic/comic.cpp:168 #9 0xb7eaef15 in Plasma::Applet::mouseMoveEvent (this=0x8640f70, event=0xbfd4b208) at /home/valentin/kde/src/4/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/applet.cpp:1097 #10 0xb7edbfd7 in Plasma::Containment::addApplet (this=0x80cf3b8, applet=0x8640f70, pos=@0xbfd4b2a0, delayInit=false) at /home/valentin/kde/src/4/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/containment.cpp:556 #11 0xb7edc359 in Plasma::Containment::Private::addApplet (this=0x8128900, name=@0xbfd4b3c0, args=@0xbfd4b3bc, appletGeometry=@0xbfd4b368, id=0, delayInit=false) at /home/valentin/kde/src/4/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/containment.cpp:1204 #12 0xb7edc3af in Plasma::Containment::addApplet (this=0x80cf3b8, name=@0xbfd4b3c0, args=@0xbfd4b3bc, appletGeometry=@0xbfd4b368) at /home/valentin/kde/src/4/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/containment.cpp:500 #13 0xb7ebb04e in Plasma::AppletBrowserWidget::addApplet (this=0x863c690) at /home/valentin/kde/src/4/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/appletbrowser.cpp:245 #14 0xb7ebb15e in Plasma::AppletBrowserWidget::qt_metacall (this=0x863c690, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=0, _a=0xbfd4b478) at /home/valentin/kde/build/4/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/appletbrowser.moc:74 #15 0xb6c8a17a in QMetaObject::activate () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #16 0xb6c8a5c2 in QMetaObject::activate () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #17 0xb79bf71d in KDialog::applyClicked (this=0x82c89a0) at /home/valentin/kde/build/4/KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/kdialog.moc:235 #18 0xb79c0d79 in KDialog::slotButtonClicked (this=0x82c89a0, button=8) at /home/valentin/kde/src/4/KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/dialogs/kdialog.cpp:903 #19 0xb79c37f1 in KDialog::qt_metacall (this=0x82c89a0, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=33, _a=0xbfd4b60c) at /home/valentin/kde/build/4/KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/kdialog.moc:181 #20 0xb7eba4f0 in Plasma::AppletBrowser::qt_metacall (this=0x82c89a0, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=68, _a=0xbfd4b60c) at /home/valentin/kde/build/4/KDE/kdebase/workspace/libs/plasma/appletbrowser.moc:122 #21 0xb6c8a17a in QMetaObject::activate () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #22 0xb6c8a5c2 in QMetaObject::activate () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #23 0xb6c90033 in QSignalMapper::mapped () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #24 0xb6c9052d in QSignalMapper::map () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #25 0xb6c906fe in QSignalMapper::map () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #26 0xb6c90a97 in QSignalMapper::qt_metacall () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #27 0xb6c8a17a in QMetaObject::activate () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #28 0xb6c8a4d0 in QMetaObject::activate () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #29 0xb66dd511 in QAbstractButton::clicked () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #30 0xb6485819 in ?? () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #31 0xb6485ed0 in ?? () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #32 0xb648610b in QAbstractButton::mouseReleaseEvent () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #33 0xb61e179a in QWidget::event () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #34 0xb648676f in QAbstractButton::event () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #35 0xb6517782 in QPushButton::event () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #36 0xb619271c in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #37 0xb6199745 in QApplication::notify () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #38 0xb7a5568b in KApplication::notify (this=0x8078128, receiver=0x831efe8, event=0xbfd4bd4c) at /home/valentin/kde/src/4/KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:311 #39 0xb6c79a89 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #40 0xb6198810 in QApplicationPrivate::sendMouseEvent () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #41 0xb61f445d in ?? () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #42 0xb61f3b47 in QApplication::x11ProcessEvent () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #43 0xb62183da in ?? () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #44 0xb5ac6bf8 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #45 0xb5ac9e5e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #46 0xb5aca3ac in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #47 0xb6ca09d8 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #48 0xb62181d5 in ?? () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #49 0xb6c78d0d in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #50 0xb6c78ea1 in QEventLoop::exec () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #51 0xb6c7b14a in QCoreApplication::exec () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #52 0xb6191e17 in QApplication::exec () from /home/valentin/kde/inst/4/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #53 0xb7fa1339 in kdemain (argc=1, argv=0xbfd4c624) at /home/valentin/kde/src/4/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/plasma/main.cpp:54 #54 0x080487c6 in main (argc=1431528, argv=0xb7fbcc18) at /home/valentin/kde/build/4/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/plasma/plasma-qgv_dummy.cpp:3 #0 0xb7fbd410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
applet.cpp:1097 is a call to Applet:formFactor(), but as you can see it's ending up in Comic::paintInterface instead. so this is most certainly a binary incompat issue: you need to rebuild the comic applet. also note that extragear/plasma no longer exists, it's kdeplasmoids (soon to be kdeplasma)