Bug 271343

After using SMART to upgrade to newest version of kdepim3 components:

kdepim3-3.5.6-39.4@i586
kdepim3-networkstatus-3.5.6-39.4@i586
kdepim3-kpilot-3.5.6-39.4@i586
kdepim3-notes-3.5.6-39.4@i586

Kontact refuses to launch, and aborts with signal 11.
Backtrace reveals:
System configuration startup check disabled.

Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1241643312 (LWP 11260)]
[New Thread -1283728496 (LWP 11285)]
[New Thread -1275335792 (LWP 11284)]
[New Thread -1266943088 (LWP 11283)]
[New Thread -1258550384 (LWP 11282)]
[KCrash handler]
#9  0xffffffcc in ?? ()
#10 0xb7da50a2 in Kontact::Plugin::part ()
   from /opt/kde3/lib/libkpinterfaces.so.1
#11 0x0805bf00 in Kontact::MainWindow::selectPlugin ()
#12 0x08059af2 in Kontact::MainWindow::loadSettings ()
#13 0x0805d922 in Kontact::MainWindow::initObject ()
#14 0x0805868f in KontactApp::newInstance ()
#15 0xb7207c4d in KUniqueApplication::processDelayed ()
   from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#16 0xb724d8a8 in KUniqueApplication::qt_invoke ()
   from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#17 0xb6c04f0d in QObject::activate_signal ()
   from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#18 0xb6f4009e in QSignal::signal () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#19 0xb6c20fe7 in QSignal::activate () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#20 0xb6c28373 in QSingleShotTimer::event ()
   from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#21 0xb6ba59b7 in QApplication::internalNotify ()
   from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#22 0xb6ba6781 in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#23 0xb725cbf2 in KApplication::notify () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#24 0xb6b9abc3 in QEventLoop::activateTimers ()
   from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#25 0xb6b54c30 in QEventLoop::processEvents ()
   from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#26 0xb6bbc7e0 in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#27 0xb6bbc676 in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#28 0xb6ba556f in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#29 0x08058c59 in main ()

KDE Version: 3.5.6 release 77.1
Kernel 2.6.18.8-0.3-default

Opening YaST, and "upgrading" the above packages, effectively downgrading to .36 fixes the problem.