Here's a better backtrace from KDE 4.3.2: (https://launchpad.net/bugs/453651) . Thread 3 (process 4573): #0 0x007d5422 in __kernel_vsyscall () No symbol table info available. #1 0x06fbd142 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #2 0x083bf7e4 in __pthread_cond_timedwait (cond=0xa104b70, mutex=0xa104b58, abstime=0xb5ec2330) at forward.c:152 __p = (int (*)(pthread_cond_t *, pthread_mutex_t *, const struct timespec *)) 0xfffffdfc #3 0x081089ff in metronom_sync_loop (this=0xa104b10) at metronom.c:870 tv = {tv_sec = 1255743222, tv_usec = 910107} ts = {tv_sec = 1255743227, tv_nsec = 910107000} scr = pts = 581115262953857840 #4 0x06fb880e in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #5 0x083b27ee in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:130 No locals. . Thread 2 (process 4679): #0 0x007d5422 in __kernel_vsyscall () No symbol table info available. #1 0x083ab981 in select () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No locals. #2 0x0351baf5 in QProcessManager::run (this=0x9bd0d38) at io/qprocess_unix.cpp:296 readset = {fds_bits = {64, 0 }} nselect = c = 0 '\0' #3 0x0344ce32 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x9bd0d38) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:188 data = (QThreadData *) 0x9bd68f8 #4 0x06fb880e in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #5 0x083b27ee in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:130 No locals. . Thread 1 (process 4472): #0 0x01053078 in typeinfo name for KTimeZoneSource () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.5 No symbol table info available. #1 0x00f174b2 in KJob::kill (this=0xa39ee50, verbosity=KJob::EmitResult) at ../../kdecore/jobs/kjob.cpp:106 No locals. #2 0x00aca497 in KUiServerJobTracker::Private::_k_killJob (this=0xa09c348) at ../../kdeui/jobs/kuiserverjobtracker.cpp:58 job = (class KJob *) 0x107c428 #3 0x00aca509 in KUiServerJobTracker::qt_metacall (this=0x9eb5748, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=25, _a=0xbf82164c) at ./kuiserverjobtracker.moc:94 No locals. #4 0x03553263 in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0x9fca058, from_signal_index=5, to_signal_index=5, argv=0x0) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3113 c = method = 25 currentSender = {sender = 0x9fca058, signal = 5, ref = 1} previousSender = (QObjectPrivate::Sender *) 0x0 i = 0 count = 1 signal = 5 empty_argv = {0x0} locker = {{mtx = 0x9bade7c, val = 163241596}} currentThreadData = connectionLists = (QObjectConnectionListVector *) 0x9c3cff8 #5 0x03553ec2 in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0x9fca058, m=0xc87604, local_signal_index=0, argv=0x0) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3187 signal_index = 5 #6 0x00c3c5a7 in OrgKdeJobViewInterface::cancelRequested (this=0x9fca058) at jobviewiface.moc:113 No locals. #7 0x00c3c9a3 in OrgKdeJobViewInterface::qt_metacall (this=0x9fca058, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=0, _a=0xbf82194c) at jobviewiface.moc:90 No locals. #8 0x0062d7b4 in QDBusConnectionPrivate::deliverCall (this=0x9bc43b0, object=0x9fca058, msg=@0xa3ce36c, metaTypes=@0xa3ce370, slotIdx=5) at qdbusintegrator.cpp:891 context = {connection = {static staticMetaObject = {d = { superdata = 0x0, stringdata = 0x66aec0 "QDBusConnection", data = 0x66b0a0, extradata = 0x0}}, d = 0x9bc43b0}, message = @0xa3ce36c} old = (QDBusContextPrivate *) 0x0 ptr = {o = 0x9fca058} params = {a = 10, s = 1, ptr = 0xbf82194c, { array = "\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000¨\2006\n¨\031\202¿vmf\000°C¼\t\000\000\000\000\a\000\000\000¨\2006\n4Âæ\tð\035\202¿\230\031\202¿", q_for_alignment_1 = 0, q_for_alignment_2 = 0}} i = outputArgs = {{p = {static shared_null = {ref = {_q_value = 14725}, alloc = 0, begin = 0, end = 0, sharable = 1, array = {0x0}}, d = 0x80c0830}, d = 0x80c0830}} fail = true auxParameters = {{p = {static shared_null = {ref = { _q_value = 14725}, alloc = 0, begin = 0, end = 0, sharable = 1, array = {0x0}}, d = 0x80c0830}, d = 0x80c0830}} pCount = 0 warning: (Internal error: pc 0x635197 in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) . warning: (Internal error: pc 0x635196 in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) . warning: (Internal error: pc 0x635196 in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) . #9 0x00635197 in QDBusCallDeliveryEvent::placeMetaCall (this=warning: (Internal error: pc 0x635196 in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) . warning: (Internal error: pc 0x635160 in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) . warning: (Internal error: pc 0x635196 in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) . 0xa3ce340, object=warning: (Internal error: pc 0x635196 in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) . 0x9fca058) at qdbusintegrator_p.h:101 warning: (Internal error: pc 0x635196 in read in psymtab, but not in symtab.) . No locals. #10 0x0354d5fe in QObject::event (this=0x9fca058, e=0xa3ce340) at kernel/qobject.cpp:1111 currentSender = {sender = 0x9bc43b0, signal = -1, ref = 1} previousSender = (QObjectPrivate::Sender * const) 0x0 #11 0x011a5f54 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper (this=0x9bd9518, receiver=0x9fca058, e=0xa3ce340) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4056 consumed = #12 0x011ad67c in QApplication::notify (this=0xbf82215c, receiver=0x9fca058, e=0xa3ce340) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:3603 res = true #13 0x00acfbfa in KApplication::notify (this=0xbf82215c, receiver=0x9fca058, event=0xa3ce340) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:302 No locals. #14 0x0353d6cb in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal (this=0xbf82215c, receiver=0x9fca058, event=0xa3ce340) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:610 result = false cbdata = {0x9fca058, 0xa3ce340, 0xbf821d6f} threadData = (QThreadData *) 0x9bade48 returnValue = #15 0x0353e2b2 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents (receiver=0x0, event_type=0, data=0x9bade48) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:213 pe = (const QPostEvent &) @0x9e11c68: {receiver = 0x9fca058, event = 0x0, priority = 0} e = (class QEvent *) 0xa3ce340 r = (class QObject *) 0x9fca058 locker = {{mtx = 0x9bade70, val = 163241584}} startOffset = 0 i = (int &) @0x9bade68: 2 #16 0x0353e47d in QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents (receiver=0x0, event_type=0) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1140 data = #17 0x035683ff in postEventSourceDispatch (s=0x9bd5700) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:218 No locals. #18 0x01a99e78 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #19 0x01a9d720 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #20 0x01a9d853 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #21 0x0356802c in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x9bada30, flags= {i = 36}) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:327 d = (QEventDispatcherGlibPrivate * const) 0x9bd5680 canWait = true result = #22 0x01246be5 in QGuiEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x9bada30, flags={i = 36}) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:202 d = (QGuiEventDispatcherGlibPrivate * const) 0x9bd9618 returnValue = 40 #23 0x0353bc79 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=0xbf8220b4, flags=DWARF-2 expression error: DW_OP_reg operations must be used either alone or in conjuction with DW_OP_piece. ) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149 d = (QEventLoopPrivate * const) 0x9c61498 #24 0x0353c0ca in QEventLoop::exec (this=0xbf8220b4, flags={i = 0}) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201 d = (QEventLoopPrivate * const) 0x9c61498 app = #25 0x0353e53f in QCoreApplication::exec () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:888 threadData = (QThreadData *) 0x9bade48 eventLoop = { = {_vptr.QObject = 0x362e7a8, static staticMetaObject = {d = {superdata = 0x0, stringdata = 0x35d6ba0 "QObject", data = 0x35d6c40, extradata = 0x362a1b8}}, d_ptr = 0x9c61498, static staticQtMetaObject = {d = {superdata = 0x0, stringdata = 0x35e0380 "Qt", data = 0x35e3700, extradata = 0x0}}}, static staticMetaObject = {d = {superdata = 0x80c0540, stringdata = 0x35e87a0 "QEventLoop", data = 0x35e87c0, extradata = 0x0}}} returnCode = -1 #26 0x011a5dd7 in QApplication::exec () at kernel/qapplication.cpp:3525 No locals. #27 0x0807a765 in main (argc=6, argv=0xbf822334) at ../../../../apps/dolphin/src/main.cpp:94 about = {d = 0x9bafd70} options = {d = 0x9bc33d8} app = { = { = { = { = { = {_vptr.QObject = 0x80a9108, static staticMetaObject = {d = {superdata = 0x0, stringdata = 0x35d6ba0 "QObject", data = 0x35d6c40, extradata = 0x362a1b8}}, d_ptr = 0x9bd9518, static staticQtMetaObject = {d = {superdata = 0x0, stringdata = 0x35e0380 "Qt", data = 0x35e3700, extradata = 0x0}}}, static staticMetaObject = {d = { superdata = 0x80c0540, stringdata = 0x35e8820 "QCoreApplication", data = 0x35e88c0, extradata = 0x0}}, static self = 0xbf82215c}, static staticMetaObject = {d = {superdata = 0x362e7e4, stringdata = 0x183e860 "QApplication", data = 0x183ea60, extradata = 0x0}}}, static staticMetaObject = {d = { superdata = 0x1a07f48, stringdata = 0xc56500 "KApplication", data = 0xc566a0, extradata = 0x0}}, static loadedByKdeinit = false, static KApp = 0xbf82215c, d = 0x9c26060}, static staticMetaObject = { d = {superdata = 0xc7eba0, stringdata = 0xc56dc0 "KUniqueApplication", data = 0xc56ec0, extradata = 0x0}}, d = 0x9c85c50}, static staticMetaObject = {d = {superdata = 0x80c0820, stringdata = 0x80a8fe0 "DolphinApplication", data = 0x80a9080, extradata = 0x0}}, m_mainWindows = {{p = {static shared_null = {ref = { _q_value = 14725}, alloc = 0, begin = 0, end = 0, sharable = 1, array = {0x0}}, d = 0x9ddad90}, d = 0x9ddad90}}, m_lastId = 1} __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "int main(int, char**)"