Comment 27 for bug 515138

After disabling each of those notifications in the screen capture above one-by-one there was no effect on the creation of the kded zombies. Still every time I close the lid of the laptop I get a new zombie or two. However, there is a notification that occurs: "KDE Power Management System" "The screen is being locked"

After a few days of use opening and closing the screen on the laptop I must reboot or the groans and incessant calls for "braaaaaains!" from the zombies becomes too much to handle. ;)