ksplash crashes

[Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com>]

I am running KDE 3.1.1 from unstable on a 2.4.20 kernel compiled with 
gcc 2.95.  ksplash crashes with this backtrace:

(no debugging symbols found)...0x40cadb89 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
#0  0x40cadb89 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x40d21000 in sys_sigabbrev () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x40af7061 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#3  0x403053d3 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler(int) ()
  from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#4  0x40c3a9d8 in sigaction () from /lib/libc.so.6
#5  0x40625fd8 in QImage::create(QSize const&, int, int, QImage::Endian) ()
  from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#6  0x4062501c in QImage::QImage(QSize const&, int, int, QImage::Endian) ()
  from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#7  0x40629efc in QImage::smoothScale(QSize const&, QImage::ScaleMode) 
const ()
  from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#8  0x40629d9b in QImage::smoothScale(int, int, QImage::ScaleMode) const ()
  from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#9  0x402ed75f in KIconLoader::loadIcon(QString const&, KIcon::Group, 
int, int, QString*, bool)
const () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#10 0x402ef761 in DesktopIcon(QString const&, int, int, KInstance*) ()
  from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#11 0x402a8c0e in KApplication::icon() const () from 
/usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#12 0x402af063 in KApplication::setTopWidget(QWidget*) ()
  from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#13 0x0804ef39 in QFrame::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*) ()
#14 0x40c29a51 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6

Any ideas?

TIA,

Paul Scott