Created attachment 109368 [details] Konsole output Start akregator with the option 'KDE Settings' -> 'Application Style' -> 'Widget Style' -> 'Fine Tuning' -> 'Menubar Style' set to 'Title Bar Button' -> akregator crashes on startup See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=226889 which explanied the seemingly inexplicable crash on startup for me.
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The backtrace from the referenced Archlinux topic is bug 378513, but yours might be different.
Created attachment 109646 [details] crash report
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 378513 ***