i tried to do what Sebastian TrĂ¼g (nepomuk boss) suggested here=http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=121665945516434&w=4 stop nepomukserver and run another instance to get output. Here's what i got: $ nepomukserver 2> nepomuk.out $ cat nepomuk.out NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceManager::Private::startService: Queueing "nepomukontologyloader" due to dependency "nepomukstorage" NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceController::start: Attaching to already running service "nepomukstorage" NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceController::slotServiceInitialized: Service "nepomukstorage" initialized NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceManager::Private::_k_serviceInitialized: Service initialized: "nepomukstorage" NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceController::start: Attaching to already running service "nepomukontologyloader" NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceController::slotServiceInitialized: Service "nepomukontologyloader" initialized NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceManager::Private::_k_serviceInitialized: Service initialized: "nepomukontologyloader" NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceController::start: Attaching to already running service "nepomukqueryservice" NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceController::slotServiceInitialized: Service "nepomukqueryservice" initialized NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceManager::Private::_k_serviceInitialized: Service initialized: "nepomukqueryservice" NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceController::start: Attaching to already running service "nepomukfilewatch" NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceController::slotServiceInitialized: Service "nepomukfilewatch" initialized NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceManager::Private::_k_serviceInitialized: Service initialized: "nepomukfilewatch" (Soprano::PluginManager) loading all plugins (Soprano::PluginManager) searching plugin file from "/usr/share/soprano/plugins" (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/nquadparser.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found parser plugin "nquadparser" (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/nquadserializer.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found serializer plugin "nquadserializer" (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/raptorparser.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found parser plugin "raptorparser" (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/raptorserializer.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found serializer plugin "raptorserializer" (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/redlandbackend.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found backend plugin "redland" (Soprano::PluginManager) searching plugin file from "/usr/share/soprano/plugins" (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/nquadparser.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/nquadserializer.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/raptorparser.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/raptorserializer.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/redlandbackend.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) searching plugin file from "/usr/share/soprano/plugins" (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/nquadparser.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/nquadserializer.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/raptorparser.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/raptorserializer.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) found plugin file "/usr/share/soprano/plugins/redlandbackend.desktop" (Soprano::PluginManager) plugin has proper version. (Soprano::PluginManager) searching plugin file from "/usr/local/share/soprano/plugins" (Soprano::PluginManager) loaded plugin from "/usr/lib/soprano/libsoprano_redlandbackend.so" [/usr/bin/nepomukservicestub] nepomukstrigiservice(10803) Nepomuk::StrigiService::StrigiService: Will not start when using redland Soprano backend due to horrible performance. NepomukServer(10801) Nepomuk::ServiceController::slotServiceInitialized: Failedto initialize service "nepomukstrigiservice" ProcessControl: Application '/usr/bin/nepomukservicestub' stopped unexpected (Process crashed)