--- /opt/kde3/bin/startkde	2004-08-09 19:13:26.000000000 +0200
+++ /opt/kde3/bin/startkde~	2004-04-21 14:52:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@
 
 # We set LD_BIND_NOW to increase the efficiency of kdeinit.
 # kdeinit unsets this variable before loading applications.
-LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify
+# LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify
+# 2004-04-21 michaelw: removed "+kcminit" because it hangs kde
+#                      impact: some KDE keyboard settings
+LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +knotify
 if test $? -ne 0; then
   # Startup error
   echo 'startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.'  1>&2