Package: konqueror Version: 4:3.1.5-2 Severity: normal For some reason konqueror tries to read not only the directory you have clicked on (here HOME) but also tries to access some 'previous' files (stored somewhere in .kde directory).
Some of these files MIGHT be of a remote filesystem (e.g NFS mounted). When you use the automounter, accessing (or statting ?) those files causes the automouter to try to mount these filesystems (which could of course be down). After the timeout of the mount command, for some reason, kio_file tries to reread the same file (some retry count somewhere ?). Together with the timeout of the mount and this retry count, makes the kio_file/konqueror window hang for a VERY long time making it seem like a ghost window (one that does not repeat). I have noticed that kmail has similar behavior when trying to attach a file and when the recent file list of kmail contains a remote file. However here the retry count is smaller (not existant) so the timeout is just annoying. How am I sure that it is kde ? I straced the mount command (which locks on the connect to the remote mountd), I traced the autofs which basically returns an error and returns the forked autofs process taking care of that mount request. I also straced the kio_file which, when mount is killed simulating an error, does something and a new mount request appears. So it must be kio_file that tries to reread the same file -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.2-rc1ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:3.3.3-1 GCC support library ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libkonq4 4:3.1.5-2 Core libraries for KDE's file mana di libpcre3 4.3-4 Philip Hazel's Perl 5 Compatible R ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-5 PNG library - runtime ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.2.3-2 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.3-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libxcursor1 1.0.2-4 X Cursor management library ii libxft2 2.1.2-5 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxrender1 0.8.3-5 X Rendering Extension client libra hi xlibmesa3-gl [libgl1] 4.2.1-10 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86] hi xlibs 4.2.1-10 X Window System client libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1-4 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages konqueror depends on: ii kate 4:3.1.5-2 KDE Advanced Text Editor ii kcontrol 4:3.1.5-2 KDE Control Center ii kdelibs4 4:3.1.5-1 KDE core libraries ii kdesktop 4:3.1.5-2 KDE Desktop ii kfind 4:3.1.5-2 KDE File Find Utility ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi ii libaudio2 1.6c-1 The Network Audio System (NAS). (s ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfam0c102 2.7.0-5 client library to control the FAM ii libfontconfig1 2.2.1-16 generic font configuration library