I had a problem with konsole, and it was a *trivial* bug fix.  Firstly, 
right click on the konsole icon and select "Properties".  One of the 
tabs shows a property looking like "konsole-noxft".  The problem is 
there is no space between konsole and the command-line option.  This 
same properties page lists a file.  I think it is 
/usr/share/applnk-mdk/Terminals/konsole-desktop.

You'll have to be su to edit this file, but simply look for 
"konsole-noxft" in this file and change it to "konsole -noxft".  God I 
love Linux!

J. Eric Gilliland wrote:

>Hello Everyone,
>
>I have recieved no response to my recent email about the
>taskbar not working when a konsole is running.  I looked at
>the bug page for KDE, and I found the report on this bug,
>which is number 40247.  It is located at
>http://bugs.kde.org/db/40/40247.html
>I notice that this bug is listed as resolved, but I was
>unable to find anything that told me how to fix it.  Would
>one of you fine people read this and tell me where it says
>how to fix this bug?
>
>Thanks in advance. I wish you all a pleasant weekend
>
>Eric Gilliland
>
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