Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.1)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7) Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --disable-libunwind-exceptions --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --host=x86_64-redhat-linux
OS:                Linux

Fedora 2 (x86_64)
I compiled the src rpm files from download.kde.org using this command:

rpmbuild --rebuild --target x86_64 kdeapp-src.rpm

here is lst lines of srtace kded

I read somewhere in kde bugs database that this also causes my konqueror to to be able to contact "cookie handler service".

$ strace kded

stat("/home/saqer/.kde/share/config/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
access("/home/saqer/.kde/share/config/kdebugrc", W_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/home/saqer/.kde/share/config/kdebugrc", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/home/saqer/.kde/share/config", W_OK) = 0
lstat("/home/saqer/.kde/share/config/kdebugrc", 0x533c40) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/saqer/.kde/share/config/kdebugrc", 0x533c40) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat("/home/saqer/.kde/share/config/kdebugrc", 0x533c40) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/saqer/.kde/share/config/kdebugrc", 0x533c40) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/saqer/.kde/share/config/kdebugrc", 0x7fbfffd590) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/config/kdebugrc", ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 18590, errno = 9
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2084, ...}) = 0
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
open("/usr/share/config/kdebugrc", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2084, ...}) = 0
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2084, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2084, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x2a95557000
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2084, ...}) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGBUS, {0x3d0df18e30, [], SA_ONESHOT|0x4000000}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2084, ...}) = 0
munmap(0x2a95557000, 2084)              = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGBUS, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
close(4)                                = 0
close(3)                                = 0
exit_group(255)                         = ?