Version: 4.1.3 (using KDE 4.1.3) OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages the actual kubuntu 8.10 with backports (kde4.1.3) enabled. It crashed also in KDE 4.1.2. here is the crash-report: Anwendung: KNotify (knotify4), Signal SIGSEGV [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0x7f7fe9c706f0 (LWP 15330)] [New Thread 0x423f1950 (LWP 15876)] [KCrash handler] #5 0x00007f7fe75ea690 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6 #6 0x00007f7fe75b344e in vfprintf () from /lib/libc.so.6 #7 0x00007f7fe7664d18 in __vsnprintf_chk () from /lib/libc.so.6 #8 0x00007f7fdefeefad in ?? () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1 #9 0x00007f7fdefd19f4 in xine_log () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1 #10 0x00007f7fdefdcecc in ?? () from /usr/lib/libxine.so.1 #11 0x00007f7fdf250fc2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/phonon_xine.so #12 0x00007f7fdf2545dc in KPluginFactory::createInstance<Phonon::Xine::Backend, QObject> () from /usr/lib/kde4/phonon_xine.so #13 0x00007f7fe9810845 in KPluginFactory::create (this=0x7728d0, iface=0x7f7fe93cd040 "QObject", parentWidget=0x0, parent=0x0, args=@0x7ffff1c9fa30, keyword=@0x7ffff1c9f910) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.1.3/kdecore/util/kpluginfactory.cpp:189 #14 0x00007f7fe0df85b9 in Phonon::KdePlatformPlugin::createBackend ( this=<value optimized out>, newService={d = 0x7ffff1c9fb10}) at /usr/include/kpluginfactory.h:515 #15 0x00007f7fe0df9f0d in Phonon::KdePlatformPlugin::createBackend ( this=0x744320) at /build/buildd/kdebase-runtime-4.1.3/phonon/platform_kde/kdepluginfactory.cpp:199 #16 0x00007f7fe7c194c8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #17 0x00007f7fe7c1a407 in Phonon::Factory::backend () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #18 0x00007f7fe7c15cf2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #19 0x00007f7fe7c1625d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #20 0x00007f7fe7c106b0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #21 0x00007f7fe7c11341 in Phonon::AudioOutput::AudioOutput () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #22 0x000000000040cab1 in PlayerPool::getPlayer (this=0x71a7e8) at /build/buildd/kdebase-runtime-4.1.3/knotify/notifybysound.cpp:57 #23 0x000000000040d0f6 in NotifyBySound::notify (this=0x71d100, eventId=15, config=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/kdebase-runtime-4.1.3/knotify/notifybysound.cpp:233 #24 0x00000000004079da in KNotify::emitEvent (this=0x7ffff1ca13e0, e=0x71bdf0) at /build/buildd/kdebase-runtime-4.1.3/knotify/knotify.cpp:176 #25 0x00000000004080fc in KNotify::event (this=0x7ffff1ca13e0, event=<value optimized out>, appname=<value optimized out>, contexts=<value optimized out>, text=<value optimized out>, pixmap=@0x7ffff1ca03d0, actions=@0x6e4a30, winId=52430621) at /build/buildd/kdebase-runtime-4.1.3/knotify/knotify.cpp:126 #26 0x0000000000408568 in KNotifyAdaptor::event (this=0x6e3170, event=@0x6e4740, fromApp=@0x6e4720, contexts=<value optimized out>, text=@0x6d4c60, image=@0x6e4690, actions=@0x6e4a30, winId=52430621) at /build/buildd/kdebase-runtime-4.1.3/knotify/knotify.cpp:235 #27 0x0000000000409208 in KNotifyAdaptor::qt_metacall (this=0x6e3170, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=<value optimized out>, _a=0x7ffff1ca0740) at /build/buildd/kdebase-runtime-4.1.3/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/knotify/knotify.moc:208 #28 0x00007f7fe844eea3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4 #29 0x00007f7fe84501b0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4 #30 0x00007f7fe8450791 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4 #31 0x00007f7fe8450aa8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4 #32 0x00007f7fe9351da5 in QObject::event () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #33 0x00007f7fe8864c3d in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #34 0x00007f7fe886c9ea in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #35 0x00007f7fe8050fcb in KApplication::notify (this=0x7ffff1ca1410, receiver=0x7ffff1ca13e0, event=0x6452c0) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.1.3/kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:311 #36 0x00007f7fe9342d61 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #37 0x00007f7fe93439fa in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #38 0x00007f7fe936b4d3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #39 0x00007f7fe679ed3b in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #40 0x00007f7fe67a250d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #41 0x00007f7fe67a26cb in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #42 0x00007f7fe936b15f in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #43 0x00007f7fe88f6a9f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #44 0x00007f7fe9341682 in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #45 0x00007f7fe934180d in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #46 0x00007f7fe9343cbd in QCoreApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #47 0x0000000000406d3b in main (argc=1, argv=0x7ffff1ca1798) at /build/buildd/kdebase-runtime-4.1.3/knotify/main.cpp:73 #0 0x00007f7fe7610621 in nanosleep () from /lib/libc.so.6
Thanks for the bug report. This looks like an issue that was reported already (bug 173813). It is actually a problem with string translations in Xine (which is used as a backend for audio output by the Phonon library). A workaround is described in bug 174438, comments 5/6. You might have to replace "it" by "de" or whatever locale you are using. Please let us know if that fixes your problem.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 175407 ***