> > 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