Does it crash when running it using "kcmshell4 kcmkttsd"?

As you can reproduce the crash at will, may you read http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports and post a complete backtrace here? 
You may need to recompile the packages in order to get debug symbols, (or install the -debug packages if you are using KDEmod)
Thanks :)

I am too using Arch-Linux with 32-bit KDE 4.2.0, but can't reproduce this.. You should provide more information maybe on how and under which conditions the crash occurs.

Using "kcmshell4 kcmkttsd" also crashes, with almost the same backtrace (there are just some threads missing)

I've had KDE running now for 12 days and after restarting today I noticed that I can access the ktts-settings again.
So it took me now almost 2 hours to find out how to reproduce the bug with a fresh start, at I could at least partly reproduce it on my notebook.

1. Deinstall all ktts-talker libraries (festival, flite, etc)
2. Open any pdf (probably any kind of document works) with Okular
3. Select Tools -> Speak whole document
4. This always ends in a crash (Backtrace #1)
5. Repeat until "KTTS not Configured" shows up
6. Selecting "Configure" ends in a second crash (Backtrace #2)
7. After this second crash it's not possible anymore to open ktts-settings (Behavior as in opening-description)

On my laptop I could only reproduce the first crash. But as my laptop is a dual core and we have some a couple of different threads involved here this might be the reason.
On my desktop I can always reproduce this with a fresh kde-start. I had to repeat step 5 up 1-5 times until the "KTTS not Configured" dialog showed up. Again I think this might be because of a different processing of the threads.

Restarting KDE brings back the normal behavior and I can open the ktts-settings. If I have at least one speaker-library installed there are no crashes at all. When there's no configured speaker for ktts, the available speaker-library gets automatically chosen and speaking starts.

I hope you are able to reproduce this behavior, if I can provide any further information I will try to do so.
But as compiling KDE with debug enabled needs some time it would have to wait until next month.
But I think the provided Bugtraces aren't too bad. There's not a single "(no debug symbols found)" message and except of some non-KDE function-calls all function-names are given.



Backtrace #1
Application: kttsd (kttsd), signal SIGSEGV

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb5f36920 (LWP 11443)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6  0x0805b15c in _start ()




Backtrace #2
Application: KDE Control Module (kcmshell4), signal SIGSEGV
[Current thread is 0 (LWP 11468)]

Thread 5 (Thread 0xb3503b90 (LWP 11469)):
#0  0xb7f44424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb772af82 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#2  0xb42077b1 in metronom_sync_loop () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1

Thread 4 (Thread 0xb2cb0b90 (LWP 11470)):
#0  0xb7f44424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb6df0e17 in poll () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0xb6789832 in g_main_context_iterate () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3  0xb6789b61 in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4  0xb78a85c7 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#5  0xb788069a in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#6  0xb788085a in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#7  0xb77a4ab3 in QThread::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#8  0xb42545b9 in Phonon::Xine::XineThread::run () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_xine.so
#9  0xb77a7910 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#10 0x0818ea40 in ?? ()
#11 0x00000000 in ?? ()

Thread 3 (Thread 0xb24afb90 (LWP 11473)):
#0  0xb42bf873 in snd_mixer_handle_events () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
#1  0xb40d1f31 in ao_alsa_handle_event_thread () from /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.25/xineplug_ao_out_alsa.so
#2  0x00000000 in ?? ()

Thread 2 (Thread 0xb1c8db90 (LWP 11474)):
#0  0xb7f44424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb772ac55 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#2  0xb4219794 in ao_loop () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1
#3  0x00000000 in ?? ()

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb61e9700 (LWP 11468)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6  0xb79489bd in QDBusAbstractInterface::callWithArgumentList () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
#7  0xb47ad23f in KCMKttsMgr::slotEnableKttsd_toggled () from /usr/lib/kde4/kcm_kttsd.so
#8  0xb47b1244 in KCMKttsMgr::load () from /usr/lib/kde4/kcm_kttsd.so
#9  0xb47b68ef in KCMKttsMgr::KCMKttsMgr () from /usr/lib/kde4/kcm_kttsd.so
#10 0xb47beb5f in KPluginFactory::createInstance<KCMKttsMgr, QWidget> () from /usr/lib/kde4/kcm_kttsd.so
#11 0xb7b40f9f in KPluginFactory::create () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.5
#12 0xb7f0fb27 in KCModuleLoader::loadModule () from /usr/lib/libkutils.so.4
#13 0xb7f14c85 in KCModuleProxyPrivate::loadModule () from /usr/lib/libkutils.so.4
#14 0xb7f158a3 in KCModuleProxy::realModule () from /usr/lib/libkutils.so.4
#15 0xb7f15a08 in KCModuleProxy::buttons () from /usr/lib/libkutils.so.4
#16 0xb7f110b2 in KCMultiDialogPrivate::updateButtons () from /usr/lib/libkutils.so.4
#17 0xb7f1168e in KCMultiDialog::addModule () from /usr/lib/libkutils.so.4
#18 0xb7f3fdc3 in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kcmshell4.so
#19 0x08048672 in _start ()

This looks like the bug in: 161497
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161497

and when I run the command "kcmshell4 kcmkttsd" it crashes immediately and this is the backtrace:

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Application: KDE Control Module (kcmshell4), signal SIGSEGV
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb7f62770 (LWP 12050))]

Thread 5 (Thread 0xb65b6b90 (LWP 12051)):
#0  0x00b20416 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0x00350432 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#2  0x03181c51 in metronom_sync_loop (this=0xa332d50) at metronom.c:870
#3  0x0034c51f in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#4  0x0044404e in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6

Thread 4 (Thread 0xb5bb5b90 (LWP 12052)):
#0  0x005c354a in clock_gettime () from /lib/librt.so.1
#1  0x07ca942b in QTimerInfoList::getTime (this=0xa2e0f1c, t=@0xa2e0f40) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_unix.cpp:335
#2  0x07ca9601 in QTimerInfoList::updateCurrentTime (this=0xa2e0f1c) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_unix.cpp:293
#3  0x07ca7913 in timerSourceCheck (source=0xa2e0ee8) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:152
#4  0x00513e48 in IA__g_main_context_check (context=0xa2e84c0, max_priority=2147483647, fds=0xa2e1840, n_fds=1) at gmain.c:2653
#5  0x005147cd in g_main_context_iterate (context=0xa2e84c0, block=1, dispatch=1, self=0xa2e8cd0) at gmain.c:2775
#6  0x00514aa1 in IA__g_main_context_iteration (context=0xa2e84c0, may_block=1) at gmain.c:2841
#7  0x07ca7817 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0xa1571c0, flags={i = 4}) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:321
#8  0x07c7b88a in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=0xb5bb5270, flags={i = 4}) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:143
#9  0x07c7ba4a in QEventLoop::exec (this=0xb5bb5270, flags={i = 0}) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:194
#10 0x07b894d9 in QThread::exec (this=0xa2e1ca8) at thread/qthread.cpp:458
#11 0x00e98802 in Phonon::MediaSource::type () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_xine.so
#12 0x07b8c75e in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0xa2e1ca8) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:185
#13 0x0034c51f in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#14 0x0044404e in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6

Thread 3 (Thread 0xb51b4b90 (LWP 12053)):
#0  0x00b20416 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0x00439777 in poll () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x00fe7937 in poll_func (ufds=0xa29a2c0, nfds=2, timeout=-1, userdata=0xa299b40) at pulse/thread-mainloop.c:71
#3  0x00fd7320 in pa_mainloop_poll (m=0xa299aa0) at pulse/mainloop.c:857
#4  0x00fd7707 in pa_mainloop_iterate (m=0xa299aa0, block=1, retval=0x0) at pulse/mainloop.c:923
#5  0x00fd778c in pa_mainloop_run (m=0xa299aa0, retval=0x0) at pulse/mainloop.c:941
#6  0x00fe79b8 in thread (userdata=0xa05e5f0) at pulse/thread-mainloop.c:90
#7  0x0101b524 in internal_thread_func (userdata=0xa299b60) at pulsecore/thread-posix.c:72
#8  0x0034c51f in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#9  0x0044404e in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6

Thread 2 (Thread 0xb07b2b90 (LWP 12054)):
#0  0x00b20416 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0x00350105 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#2  0x03194064 in fifo_peek_int () at audio_out.c:347
#3  fifo_peek () at audio_out.c:387
#4  ao_loop (this_gen=0xa159bb8) at audio_out.c:1014
#5  0x0034c51f in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#6  0x0044404e in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb7f62770 (LWP 12050)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6  QDBusAbstractInterface::d_func () at qdbusabstractinterface.h:121
#7  QDBusAbstractInterface::callWithArgumentList (this=0x0, mode=QDBus::NoBlock, method=@0xbfc8ddec, args=@0xbfc8ddf0) at qdbusabstractinterface.cpp:363
#8  0x0093221f in OrgKdeKSpeechInterface::kttsdExit () at /usr/src/debug/kdeaccessibility-4.2.0/i386-redhat-linux-gnu/kttsd/kcmkttsmgr/kspeechinterface.h:180
#9  KCMKttsMgr::slotEnableKttsd_toggled (this=0xa068788) at /usr/src/debug/kdeaccessibility-4.2.0/kttsd/kcmkttsmgr/kcmkttsmgr.cpp:1638
#10 0x009367e4 in KCMKttsMgr::load (this=0xa068788) at /usr/src/debug/kdeaccessibility-4.2.0/kttsd/kcmkttsmgr/kcmkttsmgr.cpp:720
#11 0x0093be8f in KCMKttsMgr (this=0xa068788, parent=0xa0bb9a8) at /usr/src/debug/kdeaccessibility-4.2.0/kttsd/kcmkttsmgr/kcmkttsmgr.cpp:383
#12 0x0094418f in KPluginFactory::createInstance<KCMKttsMgr, QWidget> (parentWidget=0x0, parent=0xa0bb9a8, args=@0xbfc8e6ec) at /usr/include/kde4/kpluginfactory.h:461
#13 0x02abb04f in KPluginFactory::create (this=0xa157158, iface=0x2e7cbc0 "KCModule", parentWidget=0x0, parent=0xa0bb9a8, args=@0xbfc8e6ec, keyword=@0xbfc8e6a4)
    at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kdecore/util/kpluginfactory.cpp:191
#14 0x04750b07 in KPluginFactory::create<KCModule> () at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kdecore/util/kpluginfactory.h:515
#15 KService::createInstance<KCModule> () at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kdecore/services/kservice.h:518
#16 KService::createInstance<KCModule> () at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kdecore/services/kservice.h:495
#17 KService::createInstance<KCModule> () at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kdecore/services/kservice.h:535
#18 KCModuleLoader::loadModule (mod=@0xa0acd50, report=KCModuleLoader::Inline, parent=0xa0bb9a8, args=@0xa0acd38) at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kutils/kcmoduleloader.cpp:90
#19 0x04755c65 in KCModuleProxyPrivate::loadModule (this=0xa0acd38) at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kutils/kcmoduleproxy.cpp:107
#20 0x04756883 in KCModuleProxy::realModule (this=0xa0bb9a8) at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kutils/kcmoduleproxy.cpp:83
#21 0x047569e8 in KCModuleProxy::buttons (this=0xa0bb9a8) at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kutils/kcmoduleproxy.cpp:300
#22 0x04752092 in KCMultiDialogPrivate::updateButtons (this=0xa00e5f0, currentModule=0xa0bb9a8) at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kutils/kcmultidialog.cpp:71
#23 0x0475266e in KCMultiDialog::addModule (this=0xa00e518, moduleInfo=@0xbfc8ec34, parentItem=0x0, args=@0xbfc8ec30) at /usr/src/debug/kdelibs-4.2.0/kutils/kcmultidialog.cpp:342
#24 0x002c5a03 in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kcmshell4.so
#25 0x08048612 in _start ()
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btw, I am using Fedora 10 KDE 4.2.0

Fixed in trunk: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=944326
Fixed in 4.2.3: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=944327

*** Bug 161497 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 166301 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***