I tried the patch given on kde bts, and it works like a charm here. I sent it to Riddell for inclusion.
** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #135045 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135045 ** Also affects: kdebase (upstream) via http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135045 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: kdebase (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- crash in split mode https://launchpad.net/bugs/64801 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs