Public bug reported: Kicker crashes after some time in use in Kubuntu Feisty.
This is the information I get from the terminal: *** glibc detected *** kicker: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x080a0120 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7c526fc] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_malloc+0x7e)[0xb7c5360e] /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_Znwj+0x27)[0xb7e15207] /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_Znaj+0x1d)[0xb7e1533d] /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QString9setLengthEj+0x7f)[0xb7336d51] /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QString4growEj+0x42)[0xb7336eca] /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QStringpLERKS_+0x71)[0xb7337cdd] /usr/lib/kde3/libkima.so(_ZNK6Source18KHzinHumanReadableEj+0x1ee)[0xb614d92e] /usr/lib/kde3/libkima.so(_ZN10SysFreqSrc10fetchValueEv+0xb5)[0xb614e5c5] /usr/lib/kde3/libkima.so(_ZN15ThreadedTrigger3runEv+0x51)[0xb614ef21] /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN15QThreadInstance5startEPv+0xb1)[0xb6fabf61] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0[0xb6a3631b] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(clone+0x5e)[0xb7cb950e] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-08049000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1263014 /usr/bin/kicker 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00000000 08:05 1263014 /usr/bin/kicker 0804a000-082f0000 rw-p 0804a000 00:00 0 [heap] b3400000-b3421000 rw-p b3400000 00:00 0 b3421000-b3500000 ---p b3421000 00:00 0 b35f5000-b3700000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1194681 /var/tmp/kdecache-dresnu/ksycoca b3700000-b3748000 rw-p b3700000 00:00 0 b3748000-b3800000 ---p b3748000 00:00 0 b3866000-b3867000 ---p b3866000 00:00 0 b3867000-b4067000 rw-p b3867000 00:00 0 b4067000-b40a4000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1263031 /usr/lib/kde3/clock_panelapplet.so b40a4000-b40a7000 rw-p 0003c000 08:05 1263031 /usr/lib/kde3/clock_panelapplet.so b40a7000-b411d000 r--p 00000000 08:05 1491238 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf b411d000-b411e000 ---p b411d000 00:00 0 b411e000-b491e000 rw-p b411e000 00:00 0 b491e000-b491f000 ---p b491e000 00:00 0 b491f000-b511f000 rw-p b491f000 00:00 0 b511f000-b5120000 ---p b511f000 00:00 0 b5120000-b5920000 rw-p b5120000 00:00 0 b5920000-b5921000 ---p b5920000 00:00 0 b5921000-b6121000 rw-p b5921000 00:00 0 b6121000-b6159000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1266640 /usr/lib/kde3/libkima.so b6159000-b615c000 rw-p 00038000 08:05 1266640 /usr/lib/kde3/libkima.so b615c000-b6179000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1263696 /usr/lib/libtaskmanager.so.1.0.0 b6179000-b617b000 rw-p 0001d000 08:05 1263696 /usr/lib/libtaskmanager.so.1.0.0 b617b000-b61a8000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1263695 /usr/lib/libtaskbar.so.1.2.0 b61a8000-b61aa000 rw-p 0002d000 08:05 1263695 /usr/lib/libtaskbar.so.1.2.0 b61ae000-b61bb000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1263677 /usr/lib/kde3/systemtray_panelapplet.so b61bb000-b61bc000 rw-p 0000d000 08:05 1263677 /usr/lib/kde3/systemtray_panelapplet.so b61bc000-b61c4000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1263630 /usr/lib/kde3/kickermenu_systemmenu.so b61c4000-b61c5000 rw-p 00007000 08:05 1263630 /usr/lib/kde3/kickermenu_systemmenu.so b61c5000-b6242000 r--p 00000000 08:05 1491242 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf b6242000-b626c000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1261549 /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.15 b626c000-b626d000 rw-p 00029000 08:05 1261549 /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.15 b626d000-b6270000 rw-p b626d000 00:00 0 b6270000-b62db000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1261579 /usr/lib/libmng.so.1.1.0.9 b62db000-b62de000 rw-p 0006a000 08:05 1261579 /usr/lib/libmng.so.1.1.0.9 b62de000-b62e3000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1345505 /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/imageformats/libqmng.so b62e3000-b62e4000 rw-p 00004000 08:05 1345505 /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/imageformats/libqmng.so b63ea000-b63eb000 rw-p b63ea000 00:00 0 b63eb000-b6418000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1345117 /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/qtcurve.so b6418000-b641a000 rw-p 0002c000 08:05 1345117 /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/qtcurve.so b641a000-b6423000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 310769 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.5.so b6423000-b6425000 rw-p 00008000 08:05 310769 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.5.so b6425000-b642d000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 310779 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.5.so b642d000-b642f000 rw-p 00007000 08:05 310779 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.5.so b642f000-b6442000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 310763 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.5.so b6442000-b6444000 rw-p 00012000 08:05 310763 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.5.so b6444000-b6446000 rw-p b6444000 00:00 0 b6446000-b644d000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 310765 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.5.so b644d000-b644f000 rw-p 00006000 08:05 310765 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.5.so b644f000-b6457000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1263651 /usr/lib/kde3/lockout_panelapplet.so b6457000-b6458000 rw-p 00007000 08:05 1263651 /usr/lib/kde3/lockout_panelapplet.so b6458000-b645a000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1260823 /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0 b645a000-b645b000 rw-p 00001000 08:05 1260823 /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0 b645b000-b6460000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 1263681 /usr/lib/kde3/taskbar_panelapplet.so b6460000-b6461000 rw-p 00004000 08:05 1263681 /usr/lib/kde3/taskbar_panelapplet.so b6461000-b6467000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1161067 /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-x86.cache-2 b6467000-b6468000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1161099 /var/cache/fontconfig/fd9505950c048a77dc4b710eb6a628ed-x86.cache-2 b6468000-b646b000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1161085 /var/cache/fontconfig/ddc79d3ea06a7c6ffa86ede85f3bb5df-x86.cache-2 b646b000-b646c000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1161092 /var/cache/fontconfig/e7071f4a29fa870f4323321c154eba04-x86.cache-2 b646c000-b646d000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1161070 /var/cache/fontconfig/a2ab74764b07279e7c36ddb1d302cf26-x86.cache-2 b646d000-b6471000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1161064 /var/cache/fontconfig/921a30a17f0be15c70ac14043cb7a739-x86.cache-2 b6471000-b6472000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1161051 /var/cache/fontconfig/4c73fe0c47614734b17d736dbde7580a-x86.cache-2 b6472000-b6474000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1161057 /var/cache/fontconfig/646addb8444faa74ee138aa00ab0b6a0-x86.cache-2 b6474000-b6476000 r--s 00000000 08:05 1161043 /var/cache/fontconfig/20bd79ad97094406f7d1b9654bfkicker: crashHandler called QSocketNotifier: invalid socket 3 and type 'Read', disabling... Appart from the standard applications in the system tray I have the kde keyboard tool and emule running and also I use the cpu information applet called kima. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- kicker crash - malloc(): memory corruption https://launchpad.net/bugs/96880 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs