This is now fixed, the updates this morning seem to have solved the issue, I can start up Kopete and have been running no problem for an hour or so. The update appears to be kdelibs that fixed it. I've attached what was installed today.
** Attachment added: "List of Packages Installed Today Fixed Kopete Error" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10126989/updates_fixed_kopete.txt -- Kopete Crashes When starting (not MSN) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154243 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for kopete in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs