KStars chrash when startin INDI server

Binary package hint: kstars-kde4

When trying to start the INDI service following error message appears

Connection to INDI host at localhost on port 7264 encountered an error: The remote host closed the connection.

KStars chrashes with the following backtrace:
Program: KStars (kstars), signal SIGSEGV
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[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0xb55738d0 (LWP 18069)]
[New Thread 0xb2fffb90 (LWP 18689)]
[New Thread 0xb3982b90 (LWP 18686)]
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[KCrash handler]
#6 0xb73f18cf in QMetaObject::invokeMethod () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#7 0xb7224eef in QAbstractSocket::disconnectFromHost ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4
#8 0xb7228a8b in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4
#9 0xb7217ceb in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4
#10 0xb7219056 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4
#11 0xb607c8ec in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#12 0xb608472e in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#13 0xb769eb2d in KApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#14 0xb73e8e61 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#15 0xb741370a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#16 0xb59396f8 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#17 0xb593cda3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#18 0xb593cf61 in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#19 0xb7413478 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#20 0xb6116ea5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#21 0xb73e752a in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#22 0xb73e76ea in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#23 0xb73e9da5 in QCoreApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#24 0xb607c767 in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#25 0x08247ef1 in ?? ()
#26 0xb5cd6685 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#27 0x0806ddf1 in _start ()
#0 0xb8064430 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

This happened in kubuntu 8.10 with the newest updates as of dec 19.