>> > 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 You should be fine with just the debugging symbols for kdelibs. Tim