Version: (using KDE 4.3.4) OS: Linux Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages Plasma-Desktop fails to load, can use run command and shells using the run command here is the detailed crash report Application: Plasma Workspace (kdeinit4), signal: Segmentation fault [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7fc8dddbc750 (LWP 3024))] Thread 2 (Thread 0x7fc8bf221910 (LWP 3047)): #0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:261 #1 0x00007fc8dd7f9499 in QWaitCondition::wait(QMutex*, unsigned long) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #2 0x00007fc8d9be83b4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4 #3 0x00007fc8dd7f84a5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #4 0x00007fc8da52473a in start_thread (arg=<value optimized out>) at pthread_create.c:300 #5 0x00007fc8db0ed69d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112 #6 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 1 (Thread 0x7fc8dddbc750 (LWP 3024)): [KCrash Handler] #5 0x00007fc8dd845cbe in QtPrivate::QStringList_contains(QStringList const*, QString const&, Qt::CaseSensitivity) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #6 0x00007fc8bfc96a76 in HalPower::brightness(QString const&) () from /usr/lib/kde4/solid_hal_power.so #7 0x00007fc8c13f2ca4 in Solid::Control::PowerManager::brightness(QString const&) () from /usr/lib/libsolidcontrol.so.4 #8 0x00007fc8bfa84806 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_battery.so #9 0x00007fc8bfa87ee8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_battery.so #10 0x00007fc8d255c9bb in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma-desktop.so #11 0x00007fc8d255dd11 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma-desktop.so #12 0x00007fc8dd8f2df2 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #13 0x00007fc8dd8f7f5f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #14 0x00007fc8dd8ed353 in QObject::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #15 0x00007fc8db85e01d in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #16 0x00007fc8db86607a in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #17 0x00007fc8dc4b5e06 in KApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5 #18 0x00007fc8dd8ddc9c in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #19 0x00007fc8dd90a2c6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #20 0x00007fc8dd906658 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #21 0x00007fc8da77513a in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #22 0x00007fc8da778998 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #23 0x00007fc8da778b4c in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #24 0x00007fc8dd90639c in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #25 0x00007fc8db8f4f1f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #26 0x00007fc8dd8dc562 in QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #27 0x00007fc8dd8dc934 in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #28 0x00007fc8dd8deba4 in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #29 0x00007fc8d25632af in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma-desktop.so #30 0x0000000000406e9e in _start () The current source language is "auto; currently asm". The current source language is "auto; currently c".
Recent Debian packages should fix the issue: Check bug 219333. Regards *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 219333 ***