Okay, I posted my comment: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199326
If anyone wants more detail posted, please let me know. Dotan Cohen wrote:
I can reproduce the issue on KDE 4, where Kcontrol is called "System Settings" and therefore should affect the whole system, not just KDE apps. Please comment on this bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199326

