Version: (using Devel) OS: Linux Installed from: Compiled sources I was sitting here, watching a movie, IMing a friend, when plasma-desktop crashed. I can't remember if recieving a new message triggered this or not, but there definitely were some old notifications in the list. Poking around in the mess with gdb gets some interesting results: (gdb) frame 7 #7 0x06bea4c4 in NotificationWidgetPrivate::updateNotification (this=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/ui/notificationwidget.cpp:235 235 extenderItem->config().writeEntry("applicationName", notification->applicationName()); (gdb) print notification Cannot access memory at address 0x4 (gdb) frame 8 #8 0x06beab00 in NotificationWidget::qt_metacall (this=<value optimized out>, _c=<value optimized out>, _id=<value optimized out>, _a=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/build/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/notificationwidget.moc:75 75 case 0: d->updateNotification(); break; (gdb) print d Cannot access memory at address 0x18 Application: plasma-desktop (0.3) KDE Platform Version: 4.3.85 (KDE 4.3.85 (KDE 4.4 Beta2)) Qt Version: 4.6.0 Operating System: Linux 2.6.31.6-166.fc12.i686.PAE i686 Distribution: "Fedora release 12 (Constantine)" -- Backtrace: Application: Plasma Workspace (plasma-desktop), signal: Segmentation fault [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb777c730 (LWP 1802))] Thread 2 (Thread 0xaa44eb70 (LWP 1807)): #0 0x00c2b424 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x00466c45 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #2 0x070f0737 in wait (time=<value optimized out>, this=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_unix.cpp:87 #3 QWaitCondition::wait (time=<value optimized out>, this=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_unix.cpp:159 #4 0x003506e2 in QHostInfoAgent::run (this=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/network/kernel/qhostinfo.cpp:252 #5 0x070ef763 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/thread/qthread_unix.cpp:244 #6 0x00462ab5 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #7 0x0789583e in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6 Thread 1 (Thread 0xb777c730 (LWP 1802)): [KCrash Handler] #6 SystemTray::Notification::applicationName (this=0x0) at /usr/src/kde4/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/core/notification.cpp:84 #7 0x06bea4c4 in NotificationWidgetPrivate::updateNotification (this=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/ui/notificationwidget.cpp:235 #8 0x06beab00 in NotificationWidget::qt_metacall (this=<value optimized out>, _c=<value optimized out>, _id=<value optimized out>, _a=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/build/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/notificationwidget.moc:75 #9 0x071e299a in QMetaObject::metacall (object=<value optimized out>, cl=<value optimized out>, idx=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp:237 #10 0x071f1f87 in QMetaObject::activate (sender=<value optimized out>, m=<value optimized out>, local_signal_index=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp:3291 #11 0x06bbb873 in SystemTray::Notification::changed (this=<value optimized out>, _t1=0x9847448) at /usr/src/kde4/build/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/notification.moc:107 #12 0x06bcb20a in SystemTray::DBusNotificationProtocol::dataUpdated (this=<value optimized out>, source=<value optimized out>, data=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/protocols/notifications/dbusnotificationprotocol.cpp:123 #13 0x06bcb334 in SystemTray::DBusNotificationProtocol::qt_metacall (this=<value optimized out>, _c=<value optimized out>, _id=<value optimized out>, _a=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/build/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/dbusnotificationprotocol.moc:86 #14 0x071e299a in QMetaObject::metacall (object=<value optimized out>, cl=<value optimized out>, idx=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp:237 #15 0x071f1f87 in QMetaObject::activate (sender=<value optimized out>, m=<value optimized out>, local_signal_index=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp:3291 #16 0x007bce59 in Plasma::DataContainer::dataUpdated (this=<value optimized out>, _t1=<value optimized out>, _t2=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/build/kdelibs/plasma/datacontainer.moc:101 #17 0x007bd0ef in Plasma::DataContainer::checkForUpdate (this=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/kdelibs/plasma/datacontainer.cpp:167 #18 0x007c0bc1 in Plasma::DataEngine::timerEvent (this=<value optimized out>, event=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/kdelibs/plasma/dataengine.cpp:389 #19 0x06db54bf in NotificationsEngine::timerEvent (this=<value optimized out>, event=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp:221 #20 0x071ed1b4 in QObject::event (this=<value optimized out>, e=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp:1224 #21 0x04cb92dc in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper (this=<value optimized out>, receiver=<value optimized out>, e=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp:4242 #22 0x04cc2087 in QApplication::notify (this=<value optimized out>, receiver=<value optimized out>, e=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp:3661 #23 0x0136284b in KApplication::notify (this=<value optimized out>, receiver=<value optimized out>, event=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/kdelibs/kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:302 #24 0x071de088 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal (this=<value optimized out>, receiver=<value optimized out>, event=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:704 #25 0x07208c2e in sendEvent (event=<value optimized out>, receiver=<value optimized out>) at ../../include/QtCore/../../../../qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:215 #26 QTimerInfoList::activateTimers (event=<value optimized out>, receiver=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_unix.cpp:603 #27 0x072056b7 in timerSourceDispatch (source=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:184 #28 idleTimerSourceDispatch (source=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:231 #29 0x08326128 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #30 0x08329a58 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #31 0x08329b84 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #32 0x07205385 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=<value optimized out>, flags=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:407 #33 0x04d63895 in QGuiEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=<value optimized out>, flags=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/gui/kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:202 #34 0x071dc8d9 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=<value optimized out>, flags=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149 #35 0x071dcab2 in QEventLoop::exec (this=<value optimized out>, flags=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qeventloop.cpp:197 #36 0x071dead9 in QCoreApplication::exec () at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:981 #37 0x04cb9387 in QApplication::exec () at /usr/src/kde4/qt-copy/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp:3570 #38 0x00170e60 in kdemain (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/shell/main.cpp:112 #39 0x0804877b in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/kde4/build/kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/shell/plasma-desktop_dummy.cpp:3
I got the same crash and the backtrace. For me it happened when a contact in Kopete came online, and a notification of this even was shown briefly and then it crashed.
SVN commit 1064330 by mart: since notification can die, put it behind a QWeakPointer BUG:219384 M +20 -18 notificationwidget.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1064330
Created attachment 39314 [details] New crash information added by DrKonqi: --- I was starting up the machine from hibernation with Firefox starting. I also have about ten widgets running: picture frame, clock, performance montitor, application launcher, recycle bin, task manager, Deskto