I am adding a comment here with links to some related information. It appears that Knetworkmanager may be to blame for all of this: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3084031.0 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=367541
I am adding Knetwrokmanager to the list of culprits. ** Also affects: knetworkmanager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- konqueror cannot access internet with cache enable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131767 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