Kmail (4.14) crashes - Akonadi, KDE5 Framwork mixup after upgrade?

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Hi,

on a computer the old kmail crashes, on command line it reports (full backtrace https://pastebin.com/9gyuhwzv):


kmail
kmail2(8546): No language dictionaries for the language :  "de"
kmail2(8546) MessageViewer::ObjectTreeParser::defaultHandling: no htmlWriter()
kmail2(8546) MessageViewer::ObjectTreeParser::defaultHandling: no htmlWriter()
*** Error in `kmail': free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0000000002f33650 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib64/libc.so.6(+0x721af)[0x7f89d83d31af]
/lib64/libc.so.6(+0x779d6)[0x7f89d83d89d6]
/lib64/libc.so.6(+0x78723)[0x7f89d83d9723]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN11QTextEngine13clearLineDataEv+0x8d)[0x7f89d90cfc2d]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(+0x476123)[0x7f89d911a123]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(+0x630483)[0x7f89d92d4483]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(+0x6307f7)[0x7f89d92d47f7]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(+0x632982)[0x7f89d92d6982]
/usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QMetaObject8activateEP7QObjectPKS_iPPv+0x2da)[0x7f89d9afb0ea]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN12QTextControl19documentSizeChangedERK6QSizeF+0x25)[0x7f89d90bb555]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(+0x41d519)[0x7f89d90c1519]
/usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QMetaObject8activateEP7QObjectPKS_iPPv+0x2da)[0x7f89d9afb0ea]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN27QAbstractTextDocumentLayout19documentSizeChangedERK6QSizeF+0x25)[0x7f89d9108f35]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(+0x4764c2)[0x7f89d911a4c2]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(+0x454431)[0x7f89d90f8431]
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN11QTextCursor18removeSelectedTextEv+0x2db)[0x7f89d912048b]
/usr/lib64/libkpimtextedit.so.4(_ZN12KPIMTextEdit8TextEdit9loadImageERK6QImageRK7QStringS6_+0x297)[0x7f89d5118dc7]
/usr/lib64/libmessagecomposer.so.4(_ZN15MessageComposer16ComposerViewBase13collectImagesEPN5KMime7ContentE+0x1c3)[0x7f89d70f0243]
/usr/lib64/libmessagecomposer.so.4(_ZN15MessageComposer16ComposerViewBase10setMessageERKN5boost10shared_ptrIN5KMime7MessageEEEb+0x832)[0x7f89d70f0ce2]
/usr/lib64/libkmailprivate.so.4(+0x1a576d)[0x7f89dad2c76d]
/usr/lib64/libkmailprivate.so.4(_ZN8KMKernel18recoverDeadLettersEv+0x508)[0x7f89dac510b8]
kmail[0x402efb]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5)[0x7f89d83816e5]
kmail(_start+0x29)[0x4033f9]
======= Memory map: ========
…
…
7f89b9084000-7f89b90c6000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 559231                     /usr/lib64/libHalf.so.11.0.0*** KMail got signal 6 (Exiting)
*** Dead letters dumped.
KCrash: Application 'kmail' crashing...
KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit
KCrash: Connect sock_file=/home/katrin/.kde4/socket-linux-kw7v.site/kdeinit4__0
unnamed app(8545): Communication problem with  "kmail2" , it probably crashed.
Error message was:  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)" "

Checking software, repos:


zypper search --details --installed-only kmail akonadi kontact

S | Name                         | Typ   | Version     | Arch   | Repository       
--+-------------------------------+-------+-------------+--------+------------------
i | akonadi                      | Paket | 4.14.10-5.4 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | akonadi-contact              | Paket | 16.08.2-1.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | akonadi-mime                 | Paket | 16.08.2-1.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | akonadi-runtime              | Paket | 1.13.0-4.5  | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | akonadi-search               | Paket | 16.08.2-1.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | kmail                        | Paket | 4.14.10-5.4 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | kontact                      | Paket | 4.14.10-5.4 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | libKF5AkonadiAgentBase5      | Paket | 16.08.2-2.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | libKF5AkonadiContact5        | Paket | 16.08.2-1.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | libKF5AkonadiCore5           | Paket | 16.08.2-2.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | libKF5AkonadiMime5           | Paket | 16.08.2-1.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | libKF5AkonadiPrivate5        | Paket | 16.08.2-2.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | libKF5AkonadiSearch          | Paket | 16.08.2-1.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | libKF5AkonadiWidgets5        | Paket | 16.08.2-2.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | libakonadi4                  | Paket | 4.14.10-4.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | libakonadiprotocolinternals1 | Paket | 1.13.0-4.5  | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS
i | python-kde4-akonadi          | Paket | 4.14.3-3.46 | x86_64 | openSUSE-42.2_OSS

… and gussing problems in compatibility (kmail, akonadi) I see differences in Versions installed:

  • akonadi 4.14.10-5.4 vs akonadi-contact 16.08.2-1.1, but running for the old kmail 4.14.10-5.4
  • what causes the crash?
  • is it possible to run old kmail or do I have to switch all PIM, Akonadi stuff to KDE5 Framework? I guess downgrading could solve this

During system upgrade to 42.2. (zypper dup with only standard repos) all seemed fine and kmail also ran in 42.2

thanks for your help
Infinite_Dao

#2

I still don’t understand the mix up caused by the system.

I solved my problem eventually by switching to the new kde 16 versions (I believe this is plasma 5)

zypper install --details kmail5 kontact5 kaddressbook5 korganizer5

… I stepped through installation conflicts and I choose to remove all old kontact, kmail, pim etc and installed the new kontact5, kmail5 etc.

After all I started kmail5 and followed the convert assistant to import some old data. Strange though it opened approximately 50 draft windows of the same draft mail, but anyway, after all that kmail5 works as expected.

cheers
Infinite_Dao