Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.1a)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
OS:          Linux

I  am writing a plugin framework which has nothing to do with KDE (or any other window manager for that matter). My framework tries to open all the shared libraries in the directory it is pointed to. After loading the shared object, it looks for the libraries using my framework. If the loaded library is not written with the framework, it immediately closes it. I pointed this application to /usr/lib directory, since some of my plugins reside there. libtaskbar.so terminated my application with message "QPaintDevice: Must construct a QApplication before a QPaintDevice".

I have fair idea what's happening here. There's some code in the _init routine within libtaskbar.so is determining that it's not loaded within right context and hence (must be) calling abort.

I don't think this is the right way to handle things. Merely loading this library should not terminate (any) application.