Weird, but it really seems to be related to a racing condition! Thanks to a post in kubuntuforums (http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3095353.msg135670#msg135670), I've tried delaying the startup of kdm to be waaay after hal:
[quote] cd /etc/rc2.d sudo rm S13kdm sudo ln -s ../init.d/kdm S97kdm # optional: check if the link still points to kdm: ls -l S97kdm [quote] Seems weird, since the order of hal and kdm was probably always like that on my system, and I couldn't think of anything I've changed that could have caused this problem. It appeared out of nowhere. ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Konqueror/KDE: "media:/" displays UUIDs instead of foldernames https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141564 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs