did you manage to solve you problem on kde as well? I am experiencing a similar issue (kde totally freezes. Not directly on startup, but if running ANY application) ... I already tried deleting my ~/.kde - directory, but that didn't help :?
I already opened a thread on it - here ....
try turning on your lo network interface in /etc/rc.conf, even if you don't need it, gnome will...
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# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
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#<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname>
127.0.0.1 aldebaran
127.0.0.1 aldebaran.localdomain aldebaran
# End of file
Help?
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