Version: (using KDE 4.3.4) Compiler: gcc (Debian 4.4.2-3) 4.4.2 OS: Linux Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages I see frequent crashes of kded4. I've looked twice and both times it crashed in the position described by this bug report. -- Backtrace: Application: Démon de KDE (kdeinit4), signal: Segmentation fault -nw -n -batch -x /tmp/kde-grenies0URow/drkonqicF5440.tmp -p 32136 The current source language is "auto; currently c". [KCrash Handler] #5 0x00007f482d0c9cbe in QtPrivate::QStringList_contains (that=0x7fff80120320, str=..., cs=Qt::CaseSensitive) at tools/qstringlist.cpp:318 #6 0x00007f481e715a76 in HalPower::brightness(QString const&) () from /usr/lib/kde4/solid_hal_power.so #7 0x00007f481f5beca4 in Solid::Control::PowerManager::brightness(QString const&) () from /usr/lib/libsolidcontrol.so.4 #8 0x00007f481eb3ced1 in PowerDevilDaemon::poll(int) () from /usr/lib/kde4/kded_powerdevil.so #9 0x00007f481eb3dc5c in PowerDevilDaemon::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/kde4/kded_powerdevil.so #10 0x00007f482d176df2 in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0x832970, from_signal_index=<value optimized out>, to_signal_index=36, argv=0x0) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3112 #11 0x00007f481eb3f831 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/kded_powerdevil.so #12 0x00007f481eb3f89e in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/kded_powerdevil.so #13 0x00007f482bd392d6 in KAppX11HackWidget::publicx11Event (this=<value optimized out>, _event=0x7fff80122390) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:900 #14 KApplication::x11EventFilter (this=<value optimized out>, _event=0x7fff80122390) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:950 #15 0x00007f482b13d39f in qt_x11EventFilter (ev=0x7fff80122390) at kernel/qapplication_x11.cpp:377 #16 0x00007f482b1504c1 in QApplication::x11ProcessEvent (this=0x7fff80122770, event=0x7fff80122390) at kernel/qapplication_x11.cpp:3273 #17 0x00007f482b17976c in x11EventSourceDispatch (s=0x6b6120, callback=0, user_data=0x0) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:146 #18 0x00007f4829ff913a in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #19 0x00007f4829ffc998 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #20 0x00007f4829ffcb4c in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #21 0x00007f482d18a39c in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x611770, flags=<value optimized out>) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:407 #22 0x00007f482b178f1f in QGuiEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x8c15f0, flags=<value optimized out>) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:202 #23 0x00007f482d160562 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=<value optimized out>, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149 #24 0x00007f482d160934 in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x7fff801226c0, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201 #25 0x00007f482d162ba4 in QCoreApplication::exec () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:888 #26 0x00007f4821d8fc3b in kdemain (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at ../../kded/kded.cpp:936 #27 0x0000000000406e9e in launch (argc=1, _name=<value optimized out>, args=<value optimized out>, cwd=<value optimized out>, envc=0, envs=<value optimized out>, reset_env=false, tty=0x0, avoid_loops=false, startup_id_str=0x40a057 "0") at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:677 #28 0x0000000000408a6a in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>, envp=<value optimized out>) at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:1740
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 220190 ***