> Still unable to reproduce. Can you attach to the hung > kwrite process with gdb and generate a backtrace for me? I'm having no success with this. In konsole I type: gdg --arg kate I wait until the prompt returns and then I type 'r': (gdb) r Starting program: /opt/trinity/bin/kate warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libtdeinit_kate.so.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libkateinterfaces.so.0.0.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libkutils.so.1.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libkparts.so.2.1.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libkio.so.4.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libtdeui.so.4.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libtdesu.so.4.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libkwalletclient.so.1.0.1.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libtdecore.so.4.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libDCOP.so.4.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libtdefx.so.4.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /usr/lib/.debug/libtqt.so.4.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libkatepartinterfaces.so.0.0.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libktexteditor.so.0.0.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libkabc.so.1.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libvcard.so.0.0.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libkresources.so.1.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libart_lgpl_2.so.2.3.21.debug [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/plugins/styles/.debug/libqmotifplusstyle.so.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/plugins/styles/.debug/libqplatinumstyle.so.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libkjs.so.1.2.0.debug warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /opt/trinity/lib/.debug/libtdeprint.so.4.2.0.debug I load a text file in kate and press Ctrl-g (Go To dialog). The dialog is empty and kate freezes, but I am unable to proceed to the point where I can type 'bt' to generate a backtrace. Here is a screen grab of the empty dialog: http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/trinity/build_logs/kate-goto.png Here is a screen grab of the empty kmix mixer window: http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/trinity/build_logs/kmix-mixer-window.png Darrell