In KDE I was able to get a trace but not in GNOME: KDE Trace: -- Backtrace: Application: Plasma Workspace (kdeinit4), signal: Segmentation fault [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f9931d7f760 (LWP 4054))] Thread 3 (Thread 0x7f990db99710 (LWP 4056)): #0 0x00007f992ed76f53 in *__GI___poll (fds=, nfds=, timeout=-1) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:87 #1 0x00007f992b73c4a9 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007f992b73c8fc in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007f993037e566 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x12ff550, flags=) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:414 #4 0x00007f9930353992 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149 #5 0x00007f9930353d6c in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x7f990db98db0, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201 #6 0x00007f993025dd59 in QThread::exec (this=) at thread/qthread.cpp:487 #7 0x00007f9930334178 in QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::run (this=0xa62e20) at io/qfilesystemwatcher_inotify.cpp:248 #8 0x00007f9930260775 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0xa62e20) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:248 #9 0x00007f992ffd09ca in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:300 #10 0x00007f992ed8369d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112 #11 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f990cd74710 (LWP 4057)): #0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:162 #1 0x00007f9924e302a6 in QTWTF::TCMalloc_PageHeap::scavengerThread (this=0x7f992510e220) at ../3rdparty/javascriptcore/JavaScriptCore/wtf/FastMalloc.cpp:2304 #2 0x00007f9924e302e9 in QTWTF::TCMalloc_PageHeap::runScavengerThread (context=0x7f992511c2ec) at ../3rdparty/javascriptcore/JavaScriptCore/wtf/FastMalloc.cpp:1438 #3 0x00007f992ffd09ca in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:300 #4 0x00007f992ed8369d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112 #5 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f9931d7f760 (LWP 4054)): [KCrash Handler] #5 TaskManager::Task::icon (this=0x0, width=32, height=32, allowResize=true) at ../../../libs/taskmanager/task.cpp:406 #6 0x00007f9911636869 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_daisy.so #7 0x00007f991163dff7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_daisy.so #8 0x00007f9930367e3f in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0xd893b0, m=, local_signal_index=, argv=0x20) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3293 #9 0x00007f99309d43bb in KWindowSystem::windowChanged (this=0x7fff083eea70, _t1=52428803, _t2=0x7fff083eee50) at ./kwindowsystem.moc:178 #10 0x00007f99309d7471 in KWindowSystemPrivate::x11Event (this=0xca4520, ev=0x7fff083ef610) at ../../kdeui/windowmanagement/kwindowsystem_x11.cpp:180 #11 0x00007f993089bd06 in KAppX11HackWidget::publicx11Event (this=, _event=0x7fff083ef610) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:903 #12 KApplication::x11EventFilter (this=, _event=0x7fff083ef610) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:953 #13 0x00007f99253a68c7 in PlasmaApp::x11EventFilter (this=0xa1aa40, event=0x7fff083ef610) at ../../../../plasma/desktop/shell/plasmaapp.cpp:600 #14 0x00007f992f566641 in qt_x11EventFilter (ev=0x7fff083ef610) at kernel/qapplication_x11.cpp:399 #15 0x00007f992f575191 in QApplication::x11ProcessEvent (this=, event=0x7fff083ef610) at kernel/qapplication_x11.cpp:3231 #16 0x00007f992f5a1882 in x11EventSourceDispatch (s=0xa34750, callback=, user_data=) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:146 #17 0x00007f992b7388c2 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #18 0x00007f992b73c748 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #19 0x00007f992b73c8fc in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #20 0x00007f993037e513 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x9a6da0, flags=) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:412 #21 0x00007f992f5a146e in QGuiEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x7fff083eea70, flags=) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:204 #22 0x00007f9930353992 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149 #23 0x00007f9930353d6c in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x7fff083ef940, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201 #24 0x00007f9930357aab in QCoreApplication::exec () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:981 #25 0x00007f9925394fb2 in kdemain (argc=, argv=) at ../../../../plasma/desktop/shell/main.cpp:112 #26 0x00000000004070f3 in launch (argc=1, _name=, args=, cwd=, envc=0, envs=, reset_env=false, tty=0x0, avoid_loops=false, startup_id_str=0x40a4f9 "0") at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:717 #27 0x0000000000407cb0 in handle_launcher_request (sock=8, who=) at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:1209 #28 0x000000000040823a in handle_requests (waitForPid=0) at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:1402 #29 0x0000000000408e22 in main (argc=4, argv=, envp=) at ../../kinit/kinit.cpp:1845 I am using plasma-widget-daisy version 0.0.4.22a-0ubuntu2 and it was not manually compiled or anything just installed/upgraded using synaptic.