I have described my issue in detail here: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=97424 On every start of those apps, i get this in Xorg.0.log: [316901.046] (II) XKB: generating xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [316933.284] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317043.557] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.530] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.595] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.621] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.626] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.630] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.633] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.637] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.640] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.644] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.649] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.653] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.657] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.661] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317524.672] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317931.446] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317937.283] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317938.651] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317943.527] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm [317947.955] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/compiled/server-2F7661722F6C69622F786B622F636F6D70696C65.xkm Bottom line is, does anyone know why is xkbcomp called on every start of (at least) dolphin and gwenview?