I got the same problem with KDE 4.3 The first time kmail doesn't start, launching again kmail it works.
Here an output of kontact launching: morden...@monstermord:~$ kontact Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing. <unknown program name>(4619)/: Communication problem with "kontact" , it probably crashed. Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." " morden...@monstermord:~$ Object::connect: No such signal Akregator::SubscriptionListView::signalDropped (KUrl::List &, Akregator::TreeNode*, Akregator::Folder*) Object::connect: (sender name: 'feedtree') Object::connect: (receiver name: 'akregator_view') Object::connect: No such signal Akregator::Part::showPart() Object::connect: (receiver name: 'akregator') QPainter::begin: Widget painting can only begin as a result of a paintEvent QPainter::translate: Painter not active QPainter::setClipRect: Painter not active QPainter::hasClipping: Painter not active QPainter::setPen: Painter not active QPainter::setBrush: Painter not active QPainter::drawRects: Painter not active QPainter::hasClipping: Painter not active QPainter::setPen: Painter not active QPainter::setBrush: Painter not active QPainter::drawRects: Painter not active QPainter::hasClipping: Painter not active QPainter::setPen: Painter not active QPainter::setBrush: Painter not active QPainter::drawRects: Painter not active QPainter::hasClipping: Painter not active QPainter::setPen: Painter not active QPainter::setBrush: Painter not active QPainter::drawRects: Painter not active I will try a gdb session. -- [karmic] kmail doesn't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392018 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdepim in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs