kde-devel@spack:~/amarok-build$ gdb amarok
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Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/kde-devel/kde/bin/amarok
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1227716928 (LWP 14446)]
Qt: gdb: -nograb added to command-line options.
         Use the -dograb option to enforce grabbing.
Fatal error: you need to have a KComponentData object before
you do anything that requires it! Examples of this are config
objects, standard directories or translations.

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
[Switching to Thread -1227716928 (LWP 14446)]
0xb70f7947 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0xb70f7947 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#1  0xb70f90c9 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#2  0xb7e8444e in qt_message_output (msgType=QtFatalMsg,
    buf=0xbfeea870 "Fatal error: you need to have a KComponentData object before\nyou do anything that requires it! Examples of this are config\nobjects, standard directories or translations.") at global/qglobal.cpp:2011
#3  0xb7e844ad in qFatal (
    msg=0xb76ed55c "Fatal error: you need to have a KComponentData object before\nyou do anything that requires it! Examples of this are config\nobjects, standard directories or translations.") at global/qglobal.cpp:2227
#4  0xb7662bf8 in KGlobal::dirs ()
    at /home/kde-devel/kdelibs/kdecore/kernel/kglobal.cpp:118
#5  0x0804b802 in isSplashEnabled ()
    at /home/kde-devel/multimedia/amarok/src/loader/loader.cpp:208
#6  0x0804ba02 in Loader (this=0xbfeeca40, args=@0xbfeeca54)
    at /home/kde-devel/multimedia/amarok/src/loader/loader.cpp:141
#7  0x0804c701 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfeecaf4)
    at /home/kde-devel/multimedia/amarok/src/loader/loader.cpp:116
(gdb)