I suspect something in the way KDE works when upgraded. I had a similar sounding thing happen when I upgraded a copy of Red Hat. The version where they replaced the K and the gnome footprint logos with the red hat caused an effect similar to what you describe. I was just playing with it so in the end it was easier to reinstall clean than to fix all the links.
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I suspect something in the way KDE works when upgraded. I had a similar sounding thing happen when I upgraded a copy of Red Hat. The version where they replaced the K and the gnome footprint logos with the red hat caused an effect similar to what you describe. I was just playing with it so in the end it was easier to reinstall clean than to fix all the links.