Application that crashed: kbuildsycoca4 Version of the application: 1.1 KDE Version: 4.2.95 (KDE 4.2.95 (KDE 4.3 RC1)) Qt Version: 4.5.1 Operating System: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686 Distribution: Ubuntu 9.04 What I was doing when the application crashed: The only thing I was doing was installing new version of Firefox using apt-get ... but I'm really not sure if it can relate to the crash somehow. -- Backtrace: Application: KBuildSycoca (kdeinit4), signal: Segmentation fault [KCrash Handler] #6 KSycocaEntry::offset (this=0x9ddeee0) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.2.95/kdecore/sycoca/ksycocaentry.cpp:132 #7 0xb4a79b6f in KBuildMimeTypeFactory::save (this=0x9ddeee0, str=@0x9ddee90) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.2.95/kded/kbuildmimetypefactory.cpp:306 #8 0xb4a72354 in KBuildSycoca::save (this=0xa2c71c8, str=0x9ddee90) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.2.95/kded/kbuildsycoca.cpp:525 #9 0xb4a744d5 in KBuildSycoca::recreate (this=0xa2c71c8) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.2.95/kded/kbuildsycoca.cpp:433 #10 0xb4a764a3 in kdemain (argc=2, argv=0x9d1d548) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.2.95/kded/kbuildsycoca.cpp:829 #11 0x0804e1c0 in launch (argc=2, _name=0x9d087fc "/usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4", args=0x9d08820 "", cwd=0x0, envc=0, envs=0x9d08825 "", reset_env=false, tty=0x0, avoid_loops=false, startup_id_str=0x9d08829 "") at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.2.95/kinit/kinit.cpp:672 #12 0x0804e99d in handle_launcher_request (sock=7, who=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.2.95/kinit/kinit.cpp:1164 #13 0x0804ef25 in handle_requests (waitForPid=0) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.2.95/kinit/kinit.cpp:1357 #14 0x0804fb0a in main (argc=2, argv=0xbfd1bff4, envp=0xbfd1c000) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.2.95/kinit/kinit.cpp:1784 Reported using DrKonqi
Did you installed KDE from Ubuntu packages or from any other way? THanks
I have them installed from Kubuntu Backports PPA (http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu)
I'm not so sure whether does this help, but in my case, I've removed .local and .config which is located in home directory(Additional, I've also removed all FILES in ~/.kde/cache-{systemname}/ and all FILES in ~/.kde/cache-{systemname}/kpc.) then re-login and that crash of kbuildsyscoca4 has gone.
I also experienced this bug when I updated kde from the kubuntu Backports PPA. Now I can't start kde or run any kde apps from gnome, I get a kbuildsycoca4 crash. The "KDE Crash Handler" that automatically starts gives the following information: Application that crashed: kbuildsycoca4 Version of the application: 1.1 KDE Version: 4.3.00 (KDE 4.3.0) Qt Version: 4.5.2 Operating System: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic x86_64 Distribution: Ubuntu 9.04 -- Backtrace: Application: KBuildSycoca (kbuildsycoca4), signal: Segmentation fault [KCrash Handler] #5 KSycocaEntry::offset (this=0x0) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.3.0/kdecore/sycoca/ksycocaentry.cpp:132 #6 0x00007f71e521f9a8 in KBuildMimeTypeFactory::savePatternLists (this=0x14cc320, str=@0x148ca30) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.3.0/kded/kbuildmimetypefactory.cpp:361 #7 0x00007f71e521fe63 in KBuildMimeTypeFactory::save (this=0x14cc320, str=@0x148ca30) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.3.0/kded/kbuildmimetypefactory.cpp:307 #8 0x00007f71e5218d61 in KBuildSycoca::save (this=0x14cccb0, str=0x148ca30) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.3.0/kded/kbuildsycoca.cpp:525 #9 0x00007f71e521af05 in KBuildSycoca::recreate (this=0x14cccb0) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.3.0/kded/kbuildsycoca.cpp:433 #10 0x00007f71e521cd5c in kdemain (argc=1, argv=0x7fffed667b78) at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.3.0/kded/kbuildsycoca.cpp:829 #11 0x00007f71e1d925a6 in __libc_start_main (main=0x4007d0 <main>, argc=1, ubp_av=0x7fffed667b78, init=0x400800 <__libc_csu_init>, fini=<value optimized out>, rtld_fini=<value optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffed667b68) at libc-start.c:220 #12 0x0000000000400709 in _start () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/elf/start.S:113
I think bug 202871 is a duplicate of this bug, because if I remove the ~/.local/share/mime/globs file, the problem is resolved. And I can confirm the description of that bug 202871: kbuildsycoca4 also crashes if ~/.local/share/mime/globs is empty.
*** Bug 206720 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 199745 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 202871 ***
Reopening as this is a different crash. Christoph's comments (comment 4 and comment 5) are indeed bug 202871 (which is fixed in SC 4.4beta2), but it seems they are unrelated to this (which is still unfixed).
From bug 219550: --- What I was doing when the application crashed: I was installing a number of new packages through Add/Remove Applications including some that required confirmation, such as Sun Java 6. The message appeared after to downloads, while the packages were being installed -- but I can't remember which package was being installed at the time.
*** Bug 219550 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Everyone with this crash: please check if you don't have the umask problem that leads to bug 202871 (I'm still not sure if it's the same bug or not). More precisely: type ls -l ~/.local/share/mime and check if any directory misses "x" permissions in the 4th character, like drw-r--r-- If so, making the directory executable (+x) again will fix the crash, and then this is the same as 202871. Otherwise, I need a way to reproduce this one...
Also, is anyone here not using Ubuntu? From a quick look, it seems like a Ubuntu-only crash?
*** Bug 221271 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 225071 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
fixed in kde 4.4