Magento 1.4 Fatal Error Stack Frame + Solution

If your shiny new Magento 1.4 is displaying this error message at the bottom of the page then you might want to apply this fix.

Fatal error: Exception thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0

The solution is to comment out a small section of code in

app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Cache.php

line 180

        try {
                      if (class_exists($type, true)) {
                          $implements = class_implements($type, true);
                          if (in_array('Zend_Cache_Backend_Interface', $implements)) {
                              $backendType = $type;
                          }
                      }
                  } catch (Exception $e) {
                }

Source : http://www.edmondscommerce.co.uk/blog/magento/magento-1-4-fatal-error-stack-frame-solution/