Application: kile (2.1.0)
KDE Platform Version: 4.8.5 (4.8.5)
Qt Version: 4.8.1
Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-63-generic x86_64
Distribution: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS

-- Information about the crash:
- What I was doing when the application crashed:

Starting kile crashes immediately
Crashes every time
The only workaround is calling gksudo kile

The crash can be reproduced every time.

-- Backtrace:
Application: Kile (kile), signal: Segmentation fault
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f3a18497780 (LWP 15599))]

Thread 5 (Thread 0x7f3a00d25700 (LWP 15602)):
#0  0x00007f3a143d1ffd in read () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:82
#1  0x00007f3a0f9a38df in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2  0x00007f3a0f968b64 in g_main_context_check () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3  0x00007f3a0f968f96 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4  0x00007f3a0f96945a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5  0x00007f3a00d2a98b in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
#6  0x00007f3a0f98a9b5 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#7  0x00007f3a1022de9a in start_thread (arg=0x7f3a00d25700) at pthread_create.c:308
#8  0x00007f3a143df3fd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
#9  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

Thread 4 (Thread 0x7f39fbfff700 (LWP 15603)):
#0  0x00007f3a143d3a43 in __GI___poll (fds=<optimized out>, nfds=<optimized out>, timeout=<optimized out>) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:87
#1  0x00007f3a0f968ff6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2  0x00007f3a0f96945a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3  0x00007f3a076235e6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
#4  0x00007f3a0f98a9b5 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5  0x00007f3a1022de9a in start_thread (arg=0x7f39fbfff700) at pthread_create.c:308
#6  0x00007f3a143df3fd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
#7  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

Thread 3 (Thread 0x7f39f0921700 (LWP 15605)):
#0  0x00007f3a143d3a43 in __GI___poll (fds=<optimized out>, nfds=<optimized out>, timeout=<optimized out>) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:87
#1  0x00007f3a0f968ff6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2  0x00007f3a0f969124 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3  0x00007f3a15cb6426 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x7f39e80008c0, flags=...) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:426
#4  0x00007f3a15c85c82 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=<optimized out>, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149
#5  0x00007f3a15c85ed7 in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x7f39f0920dd0, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:204
#6  0x00007f3a15b84fa7 in QThread::exec (this=<optimized out>) at thread/qthread.cpp:501
#7  0x00007f3a15c659ff in QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::run (this=0x2949300) at io/qfilesystemwatcher_inotify.cpp:248
#8  0x00007f3a15b87fcb in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x2949300) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:298
#9  0x00007f3a1022de9a in start_thread (arg=0x7f39f0921700) at pthread_create.c:308
#10 0x00007f3a143df3fd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
#11 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f39e63e4700 (LWP 15664)):
#0  pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:162
#1  0x00007f3a12634222 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtScript.so.4
#2  0x00007f3a12634259 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtScript.so.4
#3  0x00007f3a1022de9a in start_thread (arg=0x7f39e63e4700) at pthread_create.c:308
#4  0x00007f3a143df3fd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
#5  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f3a18497780 (LWP 15599)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6  ref (this=0x0) at /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qatomic_x86_64.h:121
#7  QString (other=..., this=0x7fff24d15cd0) at /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qstring.h:726
#8  hlKeyForAttrib (i=0, this=0x2886e50) at ../../part/syntax/katehighlight.cpp:1040
#9  KateHighlighting::getCommentStart (this=0x2886e50, attrib=0) at ../../part/syntax/katehighlight.cpp:1080
#10 0x00007f39f10dd552 in KateView::slotHlChanged (this=0x3210780) at ../../part/view/kateview.cpp:1715
#11 0x00007f39f10e5e37 in KateView::KateView (this=0x3210780, doc=0x3e9d330, parent=<optimized out>) at ../../part/view/kateview.cpp:254
#12 0x00007f39f10498b4 in KateDocument::createView (this=0x3e9d330, parent=0x3185010) at ../../part/document/katedocument.cpp:331
#13 0x0000000000515f60 in _start ()

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Reproducible: Always