From c91905047bc8afc0aa74f69724069e9a724c7f78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:39:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] check for applet

---
 private/applethandle.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/private/applethandle.cpp b/private/applethandle.cpp
index a24728f08..583428eac 100644
--- a/private/applethandle.cpp
+++ b/private/applethandle.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ void AppletHandle::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *opti
 
         QLinearGradient g(QPoint(0, 0), QPoint(m_decorationRect.width(), 0));
         //fading out panel
-        if (m_applet->backgroundHints() != Plasma::Applet::NoBackground &&
+        if (m_applet && m_applet->backgroundHints() != Plasma::Applet::NoBackground &&
             m_rect.height() > qreal(minimumHeight()) * 1.25) {
             if (m_buttonsOnRight) {
                 qreal opaquePoint =

From 8af1a4d2f1be0ef37b27c8f5feac90b83139ae4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:18:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] prep newly loaded runners if we're running a match

---
 runnermanager.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/runnermanager.cpp b/runnermanager.cpp
index 845fe224c..3c46f8c45 100644
--- a/runnermanager.cpp
+++ b/runnermanager.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ public:
             kDebug() << "================= loading runner:" << service->name() << "=================";
             QObject::connect(runner, SIGNAL(matchingSuspended(bool)), q, SLOT(runnerMatchingSuspended(bool)));
             QMetaObject::invokeMethod(runner, "init");
+            if (prepped) {
+                emit runner->prepare();
+            }
         }
 
         return runner;