> > Looks like kded might be causing this. There is a
> setting in KControl KDE
> > Performance to disable system configuration startup
> checks. Possibly that
> > can be enabled to stop kconf_update.
> >
> 
> I would suggest filing a bug report on this.  Mark the
> priority to minor,
> as this seems to only affect a small number of systems that
> have a
> third-party binary blob installed.
> 
> We will need a stack trace from gdb attached to the bug
> report.  Best way
> to do that is:
> 1.) Wait for the process to hang
> 2.) Switch to another console and find the PID of the hung
> process
> 3.) Start gdb with 'gdb'
> 4.) Issue these commands to gdb:
>  a.) attach <PID you found above>
>  b.) bt
> 
> gdb should now spit out a backtrace that can be attached to
> the bug
> report.  You will of course need the debugging symbols
> installed for the
> backtrace to be of any use. ;-)

I'm using the same packages I made available to everybody else: no debugging support. So I'll have to rebuild every package to get this. Well I guess at least kdelibs and kdebase.

The DelayCheck feature had no effect.

The only thing that works is configure X with vesa, start TDE, exit, and then restore Nvidia.

Darrell