Seems this is the right one. It happens to me as well on kde 3.5.7. This is my backtrace: Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1243031856 (LWP 9057)] [KCrash handler] #6 0xb7cbba1c in memcpy () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #7 0xb5707153 in c4_String::Init (this=0xb562cc6c, p=0x80aa39b, n=135651325) at /tmp/buildd/kdepim-3.5.7/./akregator/src/mk4storage/metakit/src/string.cpp:212 #8 0xb571bb03 in c4_HandlerSeq::Prepare (this=0x80a9bb8, ptr_=0xbf8acc60, selfDesc_=true) at /tmp/buildd/kdepim-3.5.7/./akregator/src/mk4storage/metakit/src/../include/mk4str.inl:209 #9 0xb571fea5 in c4_Persist::LoadAll (this=0x80aa2e8) at /tmp/buildd/kdepim-3.5.7/./akregator/src/mk4storage/metakit/src/persist.cpp:1043 #10 0xb572010d in c4_Storage (this=0x80abf60, fname_=0x80aa138 "/home/rasasi/.kde/share/apps/akregator/Archive/archiveindex.mk4", mode_=1) at /tmp/buildd/kdepim-3.5.7/./akregator/src/mk4storage/metakit/src/store.cpp:217 #11 0xb5702971 in Akregator::Backend::StorageMK4Impl::open (this=0x80a9da0, autoCommit=true) at /tmp/buildd/kdepim-3.5.7/./akregator/src/mk4storage/storagemk4impl.cpp:129 #12 0xb5a17aab in Part (this=0x8116528, parentWidget=0x8098500, parent=0x8098500, name=0x8052f3d "akregator_part") at /tmp/buildd/kdepim-3.5.7/./akregator/src/akregator_part.cpp:181 #13 0xb5a25808 in KParts::GenericFactory::createPartObject ( this=0x81102a8, parentWidget=0x8098500, widgetName=0x8052f3d "akregator_part", parent=0x8098500, name=0x8052f3d "akregator_part", className=0x8052f28 "KParts::ReadOnlyPart", args=@0xbf8acf00) at /usr/include/kde/kgenericfactory.tcc:146 #14 0xb7f6177f in KParts::Factory::createPart (this=0x81102a8, parentWidget=0x8098500, widgetName=0x8052f3d "akregator_part", parent=0x8098500, name=0x8052f3d "akregator_part", classname=0x8052f28 "KParts::ReadOnlyPart", args=@0xbf8acf00) at /tmp/buildd/kdelibs-3.5.7.dfsg.1/./kparts/factory.cpp:44 #15 0xb7f617e1 in KParts::Factory::createObject (this=0x81102a8, parent=0x8098500, name=0x8052f3d "akregator_part", classname=0x8052f28 "KParts::ReadOnlyPart", args=@0xbf8acf00) at /tmp/buildd/kdelibs-3.5.7.dfsg.1/./kparts/factory.cpp:80 #16 0xb76a3931 in KLibFactory::create (this=0x81102a8, parent=0x8098500, name=0x8052f3d "akregator_part", classname=0x8052f28 "KParts::ReadOnlyPart", args=@0xbf8acf00) at /tmp/buildd/kdelibs-3.5.7.dfsg.1/./kdecore/klibloader.cpp:83 #17 0x08051dc7 in Akregator::MainWindow::loadPart (this=0x8098500) at /tmp/buildd/kdepim-3.5.7/./akregator/src/mainwindow.cpp:107 #18 0x080524e9 in Akregator::Application::newInstance (this=0xbf8ad690) at /tmp/buildd/kdepim-3.5.7/./akregator/src/main.cpp:61 #19 0xb7769b86 in KUniqueApplication::newInstanceNoFork (this=0xbf8ad690) at /tmp/buildd/kdelibs-3.5.7.dfsg.1/./kdecore/kuniqueapplication.cpp:378 #20 0xb776ff28 in KUniqueApplication::qt_invoke (this=0xbf8ad690, _id=20, _o=0xbf8ad098) at ./kuniqueapplication.moc:87 #21 0xb70a9e1b in QObject::activate_signal (this=0x809dff8, clist=0x8095650, o=0xbf8ad098) at kernel/qobject.cpp:2356 #22 0xb7432f87 in QSignal::signal (this=0x809dff8, t0=@0x809e020) at .moc/debug-shared-mt/moc_qsignal.cpp:100 #23 0xb70c999e in QSignal::activate (this=0x809dff8) at kernel/qsignal.cpp:212 #24 0xb70d1370 in QSingleShotTimer::event (this=0x809dfd0) at kernel/qtimer.cpp:286 #25 0xb7041cf2 in QApplication::internalNotify (this=0xbf8ad690, receiver=0x809dfd0, e=0xbf8ad408) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:2635 #26 0xb7043b0f in QApplication::notify (this=0xbf8ad690, receiver=0x809dfd0, e=0xbf8ad408) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:2358 #27 0xb775b142 in KApplication::notify (this=0xbf8ad690, receiver=0x809dfd0, event=0xbf8ad408) at /tmp/buildd/kdelibs-3.5.7.dfsg.1/./kdecore/kapplication.cpp:550 #28 0xb6fd54c1 in QApplication::sendEvent (receiver=0x809dfd0, event=0xbf8ad408) at ../include/qapplication.h:520 #29 0xb70346c3 in QEventLoop::activateTimers (this=0x806e5e0) at kernel/qeventloop_unix.cpp:556 #30 0xb6fe980f in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=0x806e5e0, flags=4) at kernel/qeventloop_x11.cpp:389 #31 0xb705c245 in QEventLoop::enterLoop (this=0x806e5e0) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:198 #32 0xb705c066 in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x806e5e0) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:145 #33 0xb704388b in QApplication::exec (this=0xbf8ad690) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:2758 #34 0x0805174e in main (argc=) at /tmp/buildd/kdepim-3.5.7/./akregator/src/main.cpp:112 #35 0xb7c61ebc in __libc_start_main () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #36 0x08050a21 in _start () And also I'll attach a tarball for the ~/.kde/share/apps/akregator dir which makes possible to reproduce the problem. A little later I'll try to isolate the blaming corrupted file.