The cause of this for me is actually kate itself. It runs on startup and stops anything else from launching. Going to a text console and killing kate will allow things to start properly. Any application that I tried to launch before killing kate open immediately after kate is killed. I've been through the config files, erased any session files and backups I could find, and ensured ownership of the configurations, etc, is me, not root. Kate is set to *not* restore previous sessions as well.
My apologies if this is not exactly the same as the stated bug, but it seems to be at least related. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase-runtime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877336 Title: KDE apps freeze on startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase-runtime/+bug/877336/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs