Penguinbait: One of your earlier suggestions was to either remove or rename (as "-backup) the /home/user/.kde directory, which I did on several occasions, with no noticeable improvement in effecting a completely successful rebooting. However, I have noticed that the .kde directory keeps returning to my /home/user directory after I've removed/renamed it. My supposition is that something in what I'm doing is recreating it. Is this effected through my mere act of rebooting, or through the stopmaemo process (which seems to download and install all sorts of files when I execute that command via ssh with my internet connection open)? I'm puzzled.