> 
> What I was doing when the application crashed:
> Kontact crashes when I close it, no matter what part is selected or clicked on.
> This is always reproducable.
> 

Fine. Please install the debug packages for kdepim and kdepimlibs and paste a better backtrace.

Thanks.

I'm not the original author of the bug report, but I have also experienced the problem of Kontact crashing while quitting. I'm also using an Arch Linux system with the KDE 4.3rc2. Attached is a stack trace, which should be more helpful. Well, the qFatal method is directly telling what went wrong.

Application: Kontact (kontact), signal: Aborted
[Current thread is 0 (LWP 3566)]

Thread 3 (Thread 0xafcf9b70 (LWP 3584)):
#0  0xb7f67424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb6a5dea1 in select () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0xb7679745 in QProcessManager::run (this=0x89dcf50) at io/qprocess_unix.cpp:296
#3  0xb75ac022 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x89dcf50) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:188
#4  0xb551068c in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#5  0xb6a64e2e in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6

Thread 2 (Thread 0xb063cb70 (LWP 3586)):
#0  0xb7f67424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb5514ef2 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#2  0xb6a72404 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/libc.so.6
#3  0xb75acfbf in QWaitCondition::wait (this=0x94eb240, mutex=0x94eb23c, time=30000) at thread/qwaitcondition_unix.cpp:85
#4  0xb75a281e in QThreadPoolThread::run (this=0x94fc050) at concurrent/qthreadpool.cpp:140
#5  0xb75ac022 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x94fc050) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:188
#6  0xb551068c in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#7  0xb6a64e2e in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb46f4a90 (LWP 3566)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6  0xb7f67424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#7  0xb69c1461 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
#8  0xb69c2c62 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
#9  0xb75a3df4 in qt_message_output (msgType=QtFatalMsg, 
    buf=0x8cd02e8 "Fatal Error: Accessed global static 'StaticControl *s_instance()' after destruction. Defined at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/kdepimlibs-4.2.96/akonadi/control.cpp:120")
    at global/qglobal.cpp:2042
#10 0xb75a3ede in qFatal (msg=0xb07b7f34 "Fatal Error: Accessed global static '%s *%s()' after destruction. Defined at %s:%d") at global/qglobal.cpp:2241
#11 0xb074de5c in Akonadi::Control::start () at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/kdepimlibs-4.2.96/akonadi/control.cpp:120
#12 0xb0840b87 in ResourcePrivateBase::startAkonadi () from /usr/lib/kde4/kabc_akonadi.so
#13 0xb0845d47 in ResourcePrivateBase::doOpen () from /usr/lib/kde4/kabc_akonadi.so
#14 0xb0821360 in KABC::ResourceAkonadi::doOpen () from /usr/lib/kde4/kabc_akonadi.so
#15 0xb5a4a2fc in KRES::Resource::open (this=0x96f2658) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/kdepimlibs-4.2.96/kresources/resource.cpp:122
#16 0xb5a0113c in KABC::StdAddressBook::Private::init (this=0x93b1380, asynchronous=false) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/kdepimlibs-4.2.96/kabc/stdaddressbook.cpp:151
#17 0xb5a02a5d in KABC::StdAddressBook::self (asynchronous=false) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/kdepimlibs-4.2.96/kabc/stdaddressbook.cpp:92
#18 0xb5a02bd2 in KABC::StdAddressBook::self () at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/kdepimlibs-4.2.96/kabc/stdaddressbook.cpp:81
#19 0xafdd9d4e in KOPrefs::instance () at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepim/src/kdepim-4.2.96/korganizer/koprefs.cpp:99
#20 0xaf47e6a2 in FreeBusyManager::slotPerhapsUploadFB (this=0x93277f8) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepim/src/kdepim-4.2.96/korganizer/freebusymanager.cpp:157
#21 0xaf47fddb in FreeBusyManager::qt_metacall (this=0x93277f8, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=0, _a=0xbf9dc30c)
    at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepim/src/kdepim-4.2.96/korganizer/freebusymanager.moc:147
#22 0xb76b08bc in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0x932e1f8, from_signal_index=<value optimized out>, to_signal_index=4, argv=0x0) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3112
#23 0xb76b14f2 in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0x932e1f8, m=0xb59a0e6c, local_signal_index=0, argv=0x0) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3186
#24 0xb58f2297 in KCal::Calendar::calendarChanged (this=0x932e1f8) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/build/kcal/calendar.moc:86
#25 0xb58f22fd in KCal::Calendar::qt_metacall (this=0x932e1f8, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=4, _a=0xbf9dc4b8) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/build/kcal/calendar.moc:73
#26 0xb59598fa in KCal::CalendarResources::qt_metacall (this=0x932e1f8, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=4, _a=0xbf9dc4b8)
    at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/build/kcal/calendarresources.moc:76
#27 0xb76b08bc in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0x935e578, from_signal_index=<value optimized out>, to_signal_index=4, argv=0x0) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3112
#28 0xb76b14f2 in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0x935e578, m=0xb59a17f4, local_signal_index=0, argv=0xbf9dc4b8) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3186
#29 0xb5946c23 in KCal::ResourceCalendar::resourceChanged (this=0x935e578, _t1=0x935e578) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/build/kcal/resourcecalendar.moc:117
#30 0xb067bce8 in KCal::ResourceAkonadi::Private::clearResource () from /usr/lib/kde4/kcal_akonadi.so
#31 0xb0696f7b in ResourcePrivateBase::clear () from /usr/lib/kde4/kcal_akonadi.so
#32 0xb06769b5 in KCal::ResourceAkonadi::doClose () from /usr/lib/kde4/kcal_akonadi.so
#33 0xb5a4a6f7 in KRES::Resource::close (this=0x935e578) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/kdepimlibs-4.2.96/kresources/resource.cpp:141
#34 0xb595d005 in KCal::CalendarResources::close (this=0x932e1f8) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/kdepimlibs-4.2.96/kcal/calendarresources.cpp:350
#35 0xb595d374 in ~CalendarResources (this=0x932e1f8) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepimlibs/src/kdepimlibs-4.2.96/kcal/calendarresources.cpp:247
#36 0xb192cfd3 in ~StdCalendar (this=0x932e1f8) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepim/src/kdepim-4.2.96/korganizer/stdcalendar.cpp:112
#37 0xb192ed1f in K3StaticDeleter<KOrg::StdCalendar>::destructObject (this=0xb1930a38) at /usr/include/k3staticdeleter.h:174
#38 0xb5ed80b4 in K3StaticDeleterPrivate::deleteStaticDeleters () at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdelibs/src/kdelibs-4.2.96/kde3support/kdecore/k3staticdeleter.cpp:56
#39 0xb769b410 in qt_call_post_routines () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:163
#40 0xb6cf8208 in ~QApplication (this=0xbf9dc824) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:971
#41 0xb7bd642a in ~KApplication (this=0xbf9dc824) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdelibs/src/kdelibs-4.2.96/kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:893
#42 0xb7bdd568 in ~KUniqueApplication (this=0xbf9dc824) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdelibs/src/kdelibs-4.2.96/kdeui/kernel/kuniqueapplication.cpp:371
#43 0x0804b541 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbf9dca44) at /home/jan/kdemod/testing/kdepim/src/kdepim-4.2.96/kontact/src/main.cpp:67

Thanks for the feedback.

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