I've checked that the file above is there from year 2007 so it shouldn't be a problem. K3B crash problems are gone as I've get rid of the links in my home directory but digikam is still crashing. Full log from crash after second start after proper starting (without symbolic links): ------------------------- $ digikam digikam(7892)/digikam (core) main: Database Path: "/home/xeros/Obrazy" digikam(7892)/digikam (core) Digikam::SchemaUpdater::update: SchemaUpdater update digikam(7892)/digikam (core) Digikam::SchemaUpdater::startUpdates: Have a database structure version "5" digikam(7892)/digikam (core) Digikam::SchemaUpdater::makeUpdates: makeUpdates 5 to 5 digikam(7892)/digikam (core) Digikam::AlbumRootLocation::AlbumRootLocation: Creating new Location "/xeros/Obrazy" uuid "volumeid:?uuid=daaef39c-c512-498b-8ae0-c5105d9faba4" digikam(7892)/digikam (core) Digikam::CollectionManager::updateLocations: location for "/home/xeros/Obrazy" is available true digikam(7892)/digikam (core) Digikam::ThumbnailLoadThread::initializeThumbnailDatabase: Thumbnail db ready for use digikam(7892)/digikam (core) Digikam::IccSettingsPriv::scanDirectories: ("/usr/share/color/icc") digikam(7892)/kdecore (KSycoca) KSycocaPrivate::openDatabase: Trying to open ksycoca from "/var/tmp/kdecache-xeros/ksycoca4" Time elapsed: 42 ms Time elapsed: 21 ms Model: Time elapsed: 108 ms TextureColorizer: Time elapsed: 80 ms *** glibc detected *** digikam: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0a2fecd0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0x212fff1] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0xd6)[0x2134806] /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_Z5qFreePv+0x1d)[0x3f61a1d] /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QVectorData4freeEPS_i+0x23)[0x3fc1273] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4[0x18e5f05] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4[0x18e612e] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN11QFontEngine16loadKerningPairsE6QFixed+0x247)[0x18df5d7] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZNK13QFontEngineFT9doKerningEP12QGlyphLayout6QFlagsIN11QTextEngine10ShaperFlagEE+0xb3)[0x19b41d3] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4[0x18e161e] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZNK11QTextEngine21shapeTextWithHarfbuzzEi+0xa05)[0x1916555] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZNK11QTextEngine9shapeTextEi+0x6a)[0x1916c4a] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZNK11QTextEngine5shapeEi+0xaa)[0x191710a] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN9QTextLine13layout_helperEi+0x12fa)[0x191ebca] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN9QTextLine12setLineWidthEd+0xd4)[0x191fd14] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4[0x180408d] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4[0x1804eb1] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZNK12QFontMetrics12boundingRectERK5QRectiRK7QStringiPi+0xdb)[0x18f006b] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4[0x1af0381] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZNK6QLabel15minimumSizeHintEv+0x76)[0x1af07c6] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZNK6QLabel8sizeHintEv+0x3b)[0x1af08eb] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZNK13QWidgetItemV222updateCacheIfNecessaryEv+0x53)[0x16cf3c3] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZNK13QWidgetItemV211minimumSizeEv+0x70)[0x16d0400] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4[0x16c383d] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4[0x16c4262] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN11QGridLayout11setGeometryERK5QRect+0x9a)[0x16c45da] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QLayoutPrivate8doResizeERK5QSize+0x7f)[0x16cb92f] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QLayout8activateEv+0xc7)[0x16cba57] /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x141)[0x16fa361] /usr/lib/libdigikamcore.so.1(_ZN7Digikam14RLabelExpander11setExpandedEb+0x42)[0x4dd6102] /usr/lib/libdigikamcore.so.1(_ZN7Digikam12RExpanderBox12readSettingsEv+0x2b4)[0x4dd7624] /usr/lib/libdigikamcore.so.1(_ZN7Digikam22ImagePropertiesSideBarC2EP7QWidgetPNS_15SidebarSplitterEN12KMultiTabBar20KMultiTabBarPositionEb+0x5b4)[0x4e3bfe4] digikam[0x80b3151] digikam[0x82b245d] digikam[0x8298280] digikam[0x82a6a29] digikam[0x83a569a] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x20dbb56] digikam[0x80a2411] ======= Memory map: ======== 00110000-0015e000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 1097768 /usr/lib/libkutils.so.4.4.0 0015e000-00160000 r--p 0004e000 08:11 1097768 /usr/lib/libkutils.so.4.4.0 00160000-00161000 rw-p 00050000 08:11 1097768 /usr/lib/libkutils.so.4.4.0 00161000-00168000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 1146962 /usr/lib/libgphoto2_port.so.0.8.0 00168000-00169000 r--p 00006000 08:11 1146962 /usr/lib/libgphoto2_port.so.0.8.0 00169000-0016a000 rw-p 00007000 08:11 1146962 /usr/lib/libgphoto2_port.so.0.8.0 0016a000-0016e000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2050496 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0 0016e000-0016f000 r--p 00004000 08:11 2050496 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0 0016f000-00170000 rw-p 00005000 08:11 2050496 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0 00170000-00172000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2052035 /usr/lib/libXss.so.1.0.0 00172000-00174000 rw-p 00001000 08:11 2052035 /usr/lib/libXss.so.1.0.0 00176000-001e7000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 1097771 /usr/lib/libsolid.so.4.4.0 001e7000-001ee000 r--p 00070000 08:11 1097771 /usr/lib/libsolid.so.4.4.0 001ee000-001ef000 rw-p 00077000 08:11 1097771 /usr/lib/libsolid.so.4.4.0 001ef000-00203000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2048234 /usr/lib/libkipi.so.7.0.0 00203000-00204000 r--p 00013000 08:11 2048234 /usr/lib/libkipi.so.7.0.0 00204000-00205000 rw-p 00014000 08:11 2048234 /usr/lib/libkipi.so.7.0.0 00205000-0028e000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 1151816 /usr/lib/libkexiv2.so.8.0.0 0028e000-0028f000 r--p 00089000 08:11 1151816 /usr/lib/libkexiv2.so.8.0.0 0028f000-00290000 rw-p 0008a000 08:11 1151816 /usr/lib/libkexiv2.so.8.0.0 00290000-002cd000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2048076 /usr/lib/libQtSql.so.4.6.0 002cd000-002ce000 r--p 0003d000 08:11 2048076 /usr/lib/libQtSql.so.4.6.0 002ce000-002cf000 rw-p 0003e000 08:11 2048076 /usr/lib/libQtSql.so.4.6.0 002cf000-002ff000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2049480 /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.18 002ff000-00300000 r--p 0002f000 08:11 2049480 /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.18 00300000-00301000 rw-p 00030000 08:11 2049480 /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.18 00301000-00303000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 00303000-00323000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 1151480 /usr/lib/libkresources.so.4.4.0 00323000-00324000 r--p 00020000 08:11 1151480 /usr/lib/libkresources.so.4.4.0 00324000-00325000 rw-p 00021000 08:11 1151480 /usr/lib/libkresources.so.4.4.0 00325000-0037a000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2048082 /usr/lib/libQtSvg.so.4.6.0 0037a000-0037b000 r--p 00055000 08:11 2048082 /usr/lib/libQtSvg.so.4.6.0 0037b000-0037c000 rw-p 00056000 08:11 2048082 /usr/lib/libQtSvg.so.4.6.0 0037c000-00388000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2048745 /usr/lib/libgomp.so.1.0.0 00388000-00389000 r--p 0000b000 08:11 2048745 /usr/lib/libgomp.so.1.0.0 00389000-0038a000 rw-p 0000c000 08:11 2048745 /usr/lib/libgomp.so.1.0.0 0038a000-0038c000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2049891 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0 0038c000-0038d000 r--p 00001000 08:11 2049891 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0 0038d000-0038e000 rw-p 00002000 08:11 2049891 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0 0038e000-003fd000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 1147020 /usr/lib/libkdcraw.so.8.0.0 003fd000-00400000 r--p 0006f000 08:11 1147020 /usr/lib/libkdcraw.so.8.0.0 00400000-00401000 rw-p 00072000 08:11 1147020 /usr/lib/libkdcraw.so.8.0.0 00401000-00416000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 1974356 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.10.1.so 00416000-00417000 r--p 00014000 08:11 1974356 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.10.1.so 00417000-00418000 rw-p 00015000 08:11 1974356 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.10.1.so 00418000-0041a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 0041a000-00422000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 1146956 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7.2.0 00422000-00423000 r--p 00007000 08:11 1146956 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7.2.0 00423000-00424000 rw-p 00008000 08:11 1146956 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7.2.0 00424000-00428000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2051899 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 00428000-00429000 rw-p 00003000 08:11 2051899 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 0042a000-0042b000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] 0042b000-006fd000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2048101 /usr/lib/libQt3Support.so.4.6.0 006fd000-00709000 r--p 002d2000 08:11 2048101 /usr/lib/libQt3Support.so.4.6.0 00709000-0070b000 rw-p 002de000 08:11 2048101 /usr/lib/libQt3Support.so.4.6.0 0070b000-0072f000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 1974346 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.10.1.so 0072f000-00730000 r--p 00023000 08:11 1974346 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.10.1.so 00730000-00731000 rw-p 00024000 08:11 1974346 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.10.1.so 00731000-00733000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2052689 /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1.0.0 00733000-00734000 rw-p 00001000 08:11 2052689 /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1.0.0 00734000-0073b000 r-xp 00000000 08:11 2049934 /usr/lib/libgif.so.4.1.6 0073b000-0073c000 r--p 00006000 08:11 2049934 /usr/lib/libgif.so.4.1.6 0073c000-0073d000 rw-p 00007000 08:11 2049934 /usr/lib/libgif.so.4.1.6KCrash: Application 'digikam' crashing... sock_file=/home/xeros/.kde/socket-Wiolusia/kdeinit4__0 [1]+ Stopped digikam ------------------------- I've thought that it might be some read/write error but I've not experienced any problems with hard disk or something (dmesg etc.) and I've checked fsck, too... And I've not experienced now any other crashes, hangs etc.