I'm seeing the same problem also when starting kate e.g via the launcher using Alt+F2.
Seems not to be a specific Kubuntu issue though - it's seems to appear in openSUSE 10.3 as well: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=361509.
There is also a KDE bug for it: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157407
I'm seeing the same problem also when starting kate e.g via the launcher using Alt+F2.
Seems not to be a specific Kubuntu issue though - it's seems to appear in openSUSE 10.3 as well: https:/ /bugzilla. novell. com/show_ bug.cgi? id=361509.
There is also a KDE bug for it: http:// bugs.kde. org/show_ bug.cgi? id=157407