Here's the backtrace if it serves as any help:
Application: KNotify (knotify4), signal: Segmentation fault
Using host libthread_db library /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1.
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f44bdae4900 (LWP 18690))]
Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f44ab0ec700 (LWP 18691)):
#0 0x7f44bac5d53d in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
#1 0x7f44b8296ebc in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x7f44b8296fcc in g_main_context_iteration () from
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x7f44bb3eb9a7 in
QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlagsQEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag)
() from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
#4 0x7f44bb3baec1 in
QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlagsQEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag) () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
#5 0x7f44bb3bb225 in
QEventLoop::exec(QFlagsQEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag) () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
#6 0x7f44bb2aeef9 in QThread::exec() () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
#7 0x7f44bb39b633 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
#8 0x7f44bb2b186f in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
#9 0x7f44b877e0a4 in start_thread (arg=0x7f44ab0ec700) at
pthread_create.c:309
#10 0x7f44bac6607d in clone () at
../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f44bdae4900 (LWP 18690)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6 __strcmp_ssse3 () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/../strcmp.S:1859
#7 0x7f449e266c9f in QMetaType::registerNormalizedType(QByteArray
const, void (*)(void*), void* (*)(void const*), void (*)(void*), void*
(*)(void*, void const*), int, QFlagsQMetaType::TypeFlag, QMetaObject
const*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#8 0x7f449e55bfd0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5
#9 0x7f44bd9b89fa in call_init (l=optimized out, argc=argc@entry=1,
argv=argv@entry=0x7ffe83e684f8, env=env@entry=0x9df330) at dl-init.c:78
#10 0x7f44bd9b8ae3 in call_init (env=0x9df330, argv=0x7ffe83e684f8,
argc=1, l=optimized out) at dl-init.c:36
#11 _dl_init (main_map=main_map@entry=0xc67dc0, argc=1,
argv=0x7ffe83e684f8, env=0x9df330) at dl-init.c:126
#12 0x7f44bd9bcc48 in dl_open_worker (a=a@entry=0x7ffe83e66538) at
dl-open.c:577
#13 0x7f44bd9b88b4 in _dl_catch_error
(objname=objname@entry=0x7ffe83e66528,
errstring=errstring@entry=0x7ffe83e66530,
mallocedp=mallocedp@entry=0x7ffe83e66527,
operate=operate@entry=0x7f44bd9bc970 dl_open_worker,
args=args@entry=0x7ffe83e66538)
at dl-error.c:187
#14 0x7f44bd9bc43b in _dl_open (file=0xc56d10
/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt4_plugin.so, mode=-2147483647,
caller_dlopen=optimized out, nsid=-2, argc=1, argv=0x7ffe83e684f8,
env=0x9df330) at dl-open.c:661
#15 0x7f44b685902b in dlopen_doit (a=a@entry=0x7ffe83e66750) at
dlopen.c:66
#16 0x7f44bd9b88b4 in _dl_catch_error (objname=0x8ac5e0,
errstring=0x8ac5e8, mallocedp=0x8ac5d8, operate=0x7f44b6858fd0
dlopen_doit, args=0x7ffe83e66750) at dl-error.c:187
#17 0x7f44b68595dd in _dlerror_run (operate=operate@entry=0x7f44b6858fd0
dlopen_doit, args=args@entry=0x7ffe83e66750) at dlerror.c:163
#18 0x7f44b68590c1 in __dlopen (file=optimized out, mode=optimized
out) at dlopen.c:87
#19 0x7f44a89e973f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8
#20 0x7f44a89cd87b in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8
#21 0x7f44a89cdba8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8
#22 0x7f44a89cdb04 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8
#23 0x7f44a89ce084 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8
#24 0x7f44a89ce67a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8
#25 0x7f44a89546fd in libvlc_InternalInit () from
/usr/lib/libvlccore.so.8
#26 0x7f44a8725a8b in libvlc_new () from /usr/lib/libvlc.so.5
#27 0x7f44a8c9b80b in ?? () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_vlc.so
#28 0x7f44a8c7d8d9 in ?? () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_vlc.so
#29 0x7f44a8c7e3d3 in qt_plugin_instance () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_vlc.so
#30 0x7f44bb39f6d3 in QPluginLoader::instance() () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
#31 0x7f44aa6e1c1b in ?? () from
/usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_platform/kde.so
#32 0x7f44aa6e23b7 in ?? () from
/usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_platform/kde.so
#33 0x7f44bd0c6e06 in ?? () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libphonon.so.4
#34 0x7f44bd0c8258 in Phonon::Factory::backend(bool) () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libphonon.so.4
#35 0x7f44bd0c89a2 in ?? () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libphonon.so.4
#36 0x7f44bd0bc03f in ?? () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libphonon.so.4
#37 0x7f44bd0b952f in ?? () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libphonon.so.4
#38 0x0040e879 in _start ()