After trying to add 3D Earth Model and failing, Plasma crashes

[Harrison Neal]

Binary package hint: kdebase-plasma

On Ubuntu 8.04, after installing KDE4 and related packages, I tried to add the "3D Earth Model" widget to the workspace. The widget presented a message stating that OpenGL Shaders were not supported, so I attempted to close the widget. Upon doing this, the workspace disappeared, and the following crash dump was created:

[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0xb63366c0 (LWP 16795)]
[New Thread 0xb48c2b90 (LWP 16797)]
[KCrash handler]
#6 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#7 0xb6a7e925 in QGLPixelBuffer::~QGLPixelBuffer ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtOpenGL.so.4
#8 0xb7d5aef8 in ~Private (this=0x0)
    at /build/buildd/kdebase-workspace-4.0.3/libs/plasma/glapplet.cpp:37
#9 0xb7d5ab15 in ~GLApplet (this=0x85474d0)
    at /build/buildd/kdebase-workspace-4.0.3/libs/plasma/glapplet.cpp:93
#10 0xb3fdf75a in ~BlueMarble (this=0x0)
    at /build/buildd/extragear-plasma-4.0.1/applets/bluemarble/bluemarble.cpp:61
#11 0xb7c129a6 in QObject::event () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#12 0xb6f2d28d in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#13 0xb6f30ce7 in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#14 0xb77ddce3 in KApplication::notify (this=0x80768d8, receiver=0x85474d0,
    event=0x84012a0)
    at /build/buildd/kde4libs-4.0.3/kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:314
#15 0xb7c00c1b in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#16 0xb7c02505 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#17 0xb7c027cd in QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#18 0xb7c24be0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#19 0xb685acc6 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#20 0xb685e083 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#21 0xb685e63e in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#22 0xb7c24f82 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#23 0xb6fae475 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#24 0xb7bfffb2 in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#25 0xb7c000bc in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#26 0xb7c0288a in QCoreApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#27 0xb6f2c6e7 in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#28 0xb7f296e6 in kdemain (argc=1, argv=0xbff01154)
    at /build/buildd/kdebase-workspace-4.0.3/plasma/plasma/main.cpp:54
#29 0x08048582 in main (argc=7315240, argv=0xb7af2ad8)
    at /build/buildd/kdebase-workspace-4.0.3/obj-i486-linux-gnu/plasma/plasma/plasma-qgv_dummy.cpp:3
#0 0xb7f35410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

KDE 4.0 is somewhat ancient. Massive improvements all over the board have been made. This is most likely not a problem in KDE 4.2.