qpe error using 2008.12: anyone know the reason? the solution?

[Michael Shiloh]

Hi,

Freshly installed 2008.12 kernel and rootfs FreeRunner. Every time, up 
booting, I get a pop-up box with the message:

Application Error
The qpe process vanished. This is bad. This is not meant to happen and 
is likelty a sign of a bug in Qtopia. Please try to reproduce...

(F1) Restart (F2) Exit


FR is then hung but alive enough that holding the power button does 
eventually cause it to power down.

Any suggestions?