much of KDE freezes for 20 seconds (includes strace output)

[Clemens Eisserer]

Hi,

> However the rest of the desktop works just fine while the new Konqueror
> window is unresponsive. I can for instance still write this email inside
> my mail program.
>
> Humor me for a minute. If it were not a graphics card driver issue, how
> would I figure out what Konqueror is trying to do for that select()
> call? What service is behind file descriptor 7?

I also don't think its a graphic driver issue - usually many
self-made-professionals point to that, without any real indication.
If you use nv and the problem persists, it has nothing to do with the
proprietary nvidia driver, period.

You could install debug symbols, and post some pstack outputs - that
could give a clue whats going on there...

- Clemens