diff -u qt4-x11-4.6.2/debian/changelog qt4-x11-4.6.2/debian/changelog
--- qt4-x11-4.6.2/debian/changelog
+++ qt4-x11-4.6.2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+qt4-x11 (4:4.6.2-0ubuntu6) lucid; urgency=low
+
+  *Prevent crashes due to Gtk based plugin such as flashplugin 10.1 by explicitly forcing the initializing of Gtk 
+
+ -- Apoorv Parle <apparle@gmail.com>  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:32:24 +0530
+
 qt4-x11 (4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5) lucid; urgency=low
 
   [ Alessandro Ghersi ]
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- qt4-x11-4.6.2.orig/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebCore/plugins/qt/PluginPackageQt.cpp
+++ qt4-x11-4.6.2/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebCore/plugins/qt/PluginPackageQt.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 namespace WebCore {
 
+typedef void gtkInitFunc(int *argc, char ***argv);
+  
 bool PluginPackage::fetchInfo()
 {
     if (!load())
@@ -109,7 +111,8 @@
 
     NP_InitializeFuncPtr NP_Initialize;
     NPError npErr;
-
+    gtkInitFunc* gtkInit;
+    
     NP_Initialize = (NP_InitializeFuncPtr)m_module->resolve("NP_Initialize");
     m_NPP_Shutdown = (NPP_ShutdownProcPtr)m_module->resolve("NP_Shutdown");
 
@@ -126,6 +129,26 @@
         // It does so in NP_Initialize with a null instance, therefore it is done this way:
         m_browserFuncs.getvalue = staticPluginQuirkRequiresGtkToolKit_NPN_GetValue;
     }
+    
+    // WORKAROUND: Prevent gtk based plugin crashes such as BR# 40567 by
+    // explicitly forcing the initializing of Gtk, i.e. calling gtk_init,
+    // whenver the symbol is present in the plugin library loaded above.
+    // Note that this workaround is based on code from the NSPluginClass ctor
+    // in KDE's kdebase/apps/nsplugins/viewer/nsplugin.cpp file.
+    gtkInit = (gtkInitFunc*)m_module->resolve("gtk_init");
+    if (gtkInit) {
+        // Prevent gtk_init() from replacing the X error handlers, since the Gtk
+        // handlers abort when they receive an X error, thus killing the viewer.
+#ifdef Q_WS_X11
+        int (*old_error_handler)(Display*, XErrorEvent*) = XSetErrorHandler(0);
+        int (*old_io_error_handler)(Display*) = XSetIOErrorHandler(0);
+#endif
+        gtkInit(0, 0);
+#ifdef Q_WS_X11
+        XSetErrorHandler(old_error_handler);
+        XSetIOErrorHandler(old_io_error_handler);
+#endif
+    }
 
 #if defined(XP_UNIX)
     npErr = NP_Initialize(&m_browserFuncs, &m_pluginFuncs);