>>> I'm using the latest GIT. >>> >>> I haven't done any deep digging but there is no doubt that >>> Konqueror is opening much slower than I am accustomed. Any >>> request to open Konqueror takes two or more seconds. This is >>> a dual core system with 8GB RAM and SATA II disks. >>> >>> I have not seen this problem before. Only recently. >>> >>> I have an instance preloaded and always have had that option >>> enabled, but what I see indicates this is not happening. >>> Could there have been a patch in the past few weeks that is >>> affecting preloading? >>> >>> I checked Konqueror in a virtual machine using a GIT package >>> set that hasn't been updated in a couple of months. There, >>> Konqueror opened right away, thereby confirming my >>> observations in my normal system. >>> >>> A fresh profile makes no difference. >>> >>> Anybody else noticing this? >> >> Um, KMail too. >> >> I reverted to my package set from GIT short version 8443 Oct. 30 and >> both >> Konqueror and KMail again open quickly. >> >> Tim, would the recent style engine patches cause apps to open slowly? >> >> Darrell > > It is possible, though that would definitely be considered a bug! I will > run konqueror through callgrind and see if anything pops out. > > Tim The only thing that sort of stands out in valgrind is a number of calls to windowState(), presumably from line 620 of tqt3/src/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp Can you try commenting out that line to see if it resolves the slow startup issue? You only need to recompile/reinstall TQt3 itself to test, then log out/log back in to TDE. Tim