Bug 514633 - Crashes when opening the welcome screen
Summary: Crashes when opening the welcome screen
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kate
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 22.12.3
Platform: Debian stable Linux
: NOR crash
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWrite Developers
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Keywords: drkonqi
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2026-01-15 05:31 UTC by wana
Modified: 2026-01-15 16:41 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description wana 2026-01-15 05:31:08 UTC
Application: kate (22.12.3)

Qt Version: 5.15.8
Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Operating System: Linux 6.1.0-32-amd64 x86_64
Windowing System: X11
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
DrKonqi: 5.27.5 [KCrashBackend]

-- Information about the crash:
I opened the welcome screen under normal circumstances and then the program crashed

The reporter is unsure if this crash is reproducible.

-- Backtrace:
Application: Kate (kate), signal: Segmentation fault

[KCrash Handler]
#4  0x00007f64aab837de in QLayout::addChildWidget(QWidget*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#5  0x00007f64aab89c9d in QStackedLayout::insertWidget(int, QWidget*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#6  0x00007f64ab5358f7 in KateViewSpace::addWidgetAsTab(QWidget*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkateprivate.so.22.12.3
#7  0x00007f64ab503e3a in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkateprivate.so.22.12.3
#8  0x00007f64a9cbc8ce in QMetaMethod::invoke(QObject*, Qt::ConnectionType, QGenericReturnArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument) const () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#9  0x00007f64a9cc1766 in QMetaObject::invokeMethod(QObject*, char const*, Qt::ConnectionType, QGenericReturnArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#10 0x00007f64a0356bf9 in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/ktexteditor/katefiletreeplugin.so
#11 0x00007f64a9ce8f8f in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#12 0x00007f64a0343c92 in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/ktexteditor/katefiletreeplugin.so
#13 0x00007f64a9ce8f8f in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#14 0x00007f64aadced75 in QAbstractItemView::clicked(QModelIndex const&) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#15 0x00007f64aadd2e73 in QAbstractItemView::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#16 0x00007f64aaba4db8 in QWidget::event(QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#17 0x00007f64aac5048e in QFrame::event(QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#18 0x00007f64a9cb14bb in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendThroughObjectEventFilters(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#19 0x00007f64aab62f9e in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#20 0x00007f64aab6b552 in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#21 0x00007f64a9cb1738 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#22 0x00007f64aab6965e in QApplicationPrivate::sendMouseEvent(QWidget*, QMouseEvent*, QWidget*, QWidget*, QWidget**, QPointer<QWidget>&, bool, bool) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#23 0x00007f64aabbdbd8 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#24 0x00007f64aabc0f60 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#25 0x00007f64aab62fae in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#26 0x00007f64a9cb1738 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#27 0x00007f64aa33d42d in QGuiApplicationPrivate::processMouseEvent(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::MouseEvent*) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5
#28 0x00007f64aa311cec in QWindowSystemInterface::sendWindowSystemEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5
#29 0x00007f64a3efbeca in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5XcbQpa.so.5
#30 0x00007f64a7bd4709 in g_main_context_dispatch () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#31 0x00007f64a7bd4998 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#32 0x00007f64a7bd4a2c in g_main_context_iteration () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#33 0x00007f64a9d09876 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#34 0x00007f64a9cb01bb in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#35 0x00007f64a9cb8316 in QCoreApplication::exec() () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#36 0x000055b5dd8b5e33 in  ()
#37 0x00007f64a984524a in __libc_start_call_main (main=main@entry=0x55b5dd8b4fa0, argc=argc@entry=3, argv=argv@entry=0x7ffc2b276558) at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
#38 0x00007f64a9845305 in __libc_start_main_impl (main=0x55b5dd8b4fa0, argc=3, argv=0x7ffc2b276558, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7ffc2b276548) at ../csu/libc-start.c:360
#39 0x000055b5dd8b7a91 in  ()
[Inferior 1 (process 7398) detached]

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Comment 1 TraceyC 2026-01-15 16:41:39 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. Unfortunately, these versions of Kate and Plasma are no longer maintained by KDE. Debian advises users to not submit bugs upstream (https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting). It's possible that the bug exists only in Debian at this point. 

Could you report the bug to Debian using the report bug utility (https://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/reportbug)? If necessary, the maintainer of the package will forward the bug upstream.

Thanks for understanding.