It seems I managed to solve this problem. If kwalletmanager starts before knetworkmanager, things seem to be OK. So I created a file /usr/share/autostart/kwalletmanager.desktop, which starts after panel
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=kwalletmanager GenericName=Wallet Manager Exec=kwalletmanager Icon=network Type=Application X-KDE-autostart-after=panel X-KDE-StartupNotify=false X-KDE-UniqueApplet=true X-DCOP-ServiceType=Unique X-KDE-autostart-condition=kwalletrc:General:Autostart:true Categories=Qt;KDE;Network;Applet; X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=desktop_kwalletmanager and I modified knetworkmanager.desktop such that it starts after kwalletmanager.desktop: X-KDE-autostart-after=kwalletmanager Most probably simply modifying knetworkmanager.desktop would also help (not tested...) Exec=kwalletmanager; knetworkmanager -- knetworkmanager freezes if kwallet doesn't open immediately https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69118 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for knetworkmanager in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs