Dolphin Crashes When Opening Usb Drive, "Dolphin Does Not Provide a Bug Reporting Address"

I can't open the dolphin file manager from the tray popup when inserting a new USB drive.

Steps to reproduce: 1. Insert USB thumb drive 2. Click "open with file manager" in the system tray popup.

Effect: Dolphin crashes, but the error reporting dialog says "You cannot report this error, because dolphin does not provide a bug reporting address". Details: Executable: dolphin, Signal: Segmentation fault (11).

I have both dolphin and dolphin-dbg installed.

What to do?

I trid filing a bug at but they say it's a Kubuntu bug, and not KDE.

lsb_release gives the folling output:

> lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release:        16.04
Codename:       xenial
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I've got also Dolphin crashing but not in the same context.

May be this workaround will work for you too:
Go to Control Menu > Configure Dolphin > Services > Uncheck "the link to activities"

Sorry, my version is in french and I don't know the exact label in english ("Module externe de liaison entre fichiers et activités)

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Maya Lin-Takahashi

Maya Lin-Takahashi

Consumer Tech & Gadget Reviewer

Maya is a hardware enthusiast who tests and reviews smart home devices, smartphones, wearables, and audio gear. She focuses on practical consumer value and build quality.

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