Jonathan, I've got the same symptoms (since upgrading to maverick last week) so I imagine my backtrace does little more than duplicate Konrad's, but here it is anyway. Application: Plasma Workspace (plasma-desktop), signal: Segmentation fault [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7ff46528e780 (LWP 8128))] Thread 2 (Thread 0x7ff4445ba710 (LWP 8132)): #0 0x00007ff464ba1203 in __poll (fds=, nfds=, timeout=-1) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:87 #1 0x00007ff45981f009 in g_main_context_poll (context=0x1c048d0, block=, dispatch=, self=) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.26.0/glib/gmain.c:3093 #2 g_main_context_iterate (context=0x1c048d0, block=, dispatch=, self=) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.26.0/glib/gmain.c:2775 #3 0x00007ff45981f45c in g_main_context_iteration (context=0x1c048d0, may_block=1) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.26.0/glib/gmain.c:2843 #4 0x00007ff4622561e6 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x1ab3660, flags=) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:417 #5 0x00007ff462228a02 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149 #6 0x00007ff462228dec in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x7ff4445b9d90, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201 #7 0x00007ff4621332fd in QThread::exec (this=) at thread/qthread.cpp:490 #8 0x00007ff4622085f8 in QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::run (this=0x1b8f450) at io/qfilesystemwatcher_inotify.cpp:248 #9 0x00007ff46213627e in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x1b8f450) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:266 #10 0x00007ff461eab971 in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:304 #11 0x00007ff464bad94d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112 #12 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 1 (Thread 0x7ff46528e780 (LWP 8128)): [KCrash Handler] #6 findActionItemForAction (this=0x22e5600, event=) at /build/buildd/plasma-widget-message-indicator-0.5.6/src/listenermodel.cpp:189 #7 removeAction (this=0x22e5600, event=) at /build/buildd/plasma-widget-message-indicator-0.5.6/src/listenermodel.cpp:177 #8 ServerItem::eventFilter (this=0x22e5600, event=) at /build/buildd/plasma-widget-message-indicator-0.5.6/src/listenermodel.cpp:150 #9 0x00007ff462229507 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendThroughObjectEventFilters (this=, receiver=0x278ed00, event=0x7fffc1681e90) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:847 #10 0x00007ff461373fac in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper (this=0x126bbb0, receiver=0x278ed00, e=0x7fffc1681e90) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4392 #11 0x00007ff461379aed in QApplication::notify (this=0x1254660, receiver=0x278ed00, e=0x7fffc1681e90) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4277 #12 0x00007ff462ec5156 in KApplication::notify (this=0x1254660, receiver=0x278ed00, event=0x7fffc1681e90) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:310 #13 0x00007ff462229cdc in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal (this=0x1254660, receiver=0x278ed00, event=0x7fffc1681e90) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:732 #14 0x00007ff4613bfbf1 in sendEvent (this=0x278ed00, action=0x265f900) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:215 #15 QWidget::removeAction (this=0x278ed00, action=0x265f900) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:3169 #16 0x00007ff4617d4350 in QMenu::clear (this=) at widgets/qmenu.cpp:1714 #17 0x00007ff45ab42324 in DBusMenuImporter::GetChildrenCallback(int, QDBusPendingCallWatcher*) () from /usr/lib/libdbusmenu-qt.so.2 #18 0x00007ff45ab41315 in DBusMenuImporter::dispatch(QDBusPendingCallWatcher*) () from /usr/lib/libdbusmenu-qt.so.2 #19 0x00007ff45ab459dc in DBusMenuImporter::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libdbusmenu-qt.so.2 #20 0x00007ff462241b27 in QMetaObject::activate (sender=0x1d8a4c0, m=, local_signal_index=, argv=0x1) at kernel/qobject.cpp:3280 #21 0x00007ff4625ba37f in QDBusPendingCallWatcher::finished (this=0x22e5600, _t1=0x1d8a4c0) at .moc/release-shared/moc_qdbuspendingcall.cpp:92 #22 0x00007ff4625ba409 in _q_finished (this=0x1d8a4c0, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=, _a=0x257b640) at qdbuspendingcall.cpp:482 #23 QDBusPendingCallWatcher::qt_metacall (this=0x1d8a4c0, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=, _a=0x257b640) at .moc/release-shared/moc_qdbuspendingcall.cpp:80 #24 0x00007ff46223bbde in QObject::event (this=0x1d8a4c0, e=0x22e5600) at kernel/qobject.cpp:1219 #25 0x00007ff461373fdc in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper (this=0x126bbb0, receiver=0x1d8a4c0, e=0x2754e20) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4396 #26 0x00007ff461379aed in QApplication::notify (this=0x1254660, receiver=0x1d8a4c0, e=0x2754e20) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4277 #27 0x00007ff462ec5156 in KApplication::notify (this=0x1254660, receiver=0x1d8a4c0, event=0x2754e20) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:310 #28 0x00007ff462229cdc in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal (this=0x1254660, receiver=0x1d8a4c0, event=0x2754e20) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:732 #29 0x00007ff46222cc22 in sendEvent (receiver=0x0, event_type=, data=0x1239560) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:215 #30 QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents (receiver=0x0, event_type=, data=0x1239560) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1373 #31 0x00007ff462256653 in sendPostedEvents (s=0x126f250) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:220 #32 postEventSourceDispatch (s=0x126f250) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:277 #33 0x00007ff45981b342 in g_main_dispatch (context=0x126e1f0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.26.0/glib/gmain.c:2149 #34 g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x126e1f0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.26.0/glib/gmain.c:2702 #35 0x00007ff45981f2a8 in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x126e1f0, block=, dispatch=, self=) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.26.0/glib/gmain.c:2780 #36 0x00007ff45981f45c in g_main_context_iteration (context=0x126e1f0, may_block=1) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.26.0/glib/gmain.c:2843 #37 0x00007ff462256193 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x1239070, flags=) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:415 #38 0x00007ff461426a4e in QGuiEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x22e5600, flags=) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:204 #39 0x00007ff462228a02 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149 #40 0x00007ff462228dec in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x7fffc1682cc0, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201 #41 0x00007ff46222cebb in QCoreApplication::exec () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1009 #42 0x00007ff464e84a56 in kdemain (argc=, argv=) at ../../../../plasma/desktop/shell/main.cpp:118 #43 0x00007ff464ae5d8e in __libc_start_main (main=, argc=, ubp_av=, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=, stack_end=0x7fffc1683088) at libc-start.c:226 #44 0x0000000000400669 in _start ()