--- startkde.orig	2006-05-30 19:23:07.000000000 -0500
+++ startkde	2006-05-30 19:27:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -281,10 +281,12 @@
   None)
      ;; # nothing
   Simple)
-     ksplashsimple 
+# increase the chance that ksplashsimple loses the race to illustrate bug
+     nice -n 19 ksplashsimple 
      ;;
   *)
-     ksplash --nodcop
+# increase the chance that ksplashsimple loses the race to illustrate bug
+     nice -n 19 ksplash --nodcop
      ;;
 esac
 
@@ -308,7 +310,8 @@
   kwrapper kdesktop_lock --forcelock &
   # Give it some time for starting up. This is somewhat unclean; some
   # notification would be better.
-  sleep 1
+  # commented out to increase the chance the ksplash loses the race
+#  sleep 1
 fi
 
 # configuration of the gtk_qt_engine if not already set