diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp b/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp
index 9a3897133..36712cb1e 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp
@@ -956,8 +956,9 @@ TQString TDEStorageDevice::mountDevice(TQString mediaName, TDEStorageMountOption
 	FILE *exepipe = popen(command.local8Bit(), "r");
 	if (exepipe) {
 		TQString mount_output;
-		TQTextStream ts(exepipe, IO_ReadOnly);
-		mount_output = ts.read();
+		TQTextStream* ts = new TQTextStream(exepipe, IO_ReadOnly);
+		mount_output = ts->read();
+		delete ts;
 		*retcode = pclose(exepipe);
 		if (errRet) {
 			*errRet = mount_output;
@@ -1030,8 +1031,9 @@ TQString TDEStorageDevice::mountEncryptedDevice(TQString passphrase, TQString me
 	FILE *exepipe = popen(command.local8Bit(), "r");
 	if (exepipe) {
 		TQString mount_output;
-		TQTextStream ts(exepipe, IO_ReadOnly);
-		mount_output = ts.read();
+		TQTextStream* ts = new TQTextStream(exepipe, IO_ReadOnly);
+		mount_output = ts->read();
+		delete ts;
 		*retcode = pclose(exepipe);
 		if (errRet) {
 			*errRet = mount_output;
@@ -1132,8 +1134,9 @@ bool TDEStorageDevice::unmountDevice(TQString* errRet, int* retcode) {
 	FILE *exepipe = popen(command.local8Bit(), "r");
 	if (exepipe) {
 		TQString umount_output;
-		TQTextStream ts(exepipe, IO_ReadOnly);
-		umount_output = ts.read();
+		TQTextStream* ts = new TQTextStream(exepipe, IO_ReadOnly);
+		umount_output = ts->read();
+		delete ts;
 		*retcode = pclose(exepipe);
 		if (*retcode == 0) {
 			// Update internal mount data
diff --git a/tdeio/tdeio/connection.cpp b/tdeio/tdeio/connection.cpp
index cbe737693..119ab6a10 100644
--- a/tdeio/tdeio/connection.cpp
+++ b/tdeio/tdeio/connection.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include <kdebug.h>
 #include <tqsocketnotifier.h>
 
+extern char *__progname;
+
 using namespace TDEIO;
 
 Connection::Connection()
@@ -187,19 +189,19 @@ bool Connection::sendnow( int _cmd, const TQByteArray &data )
     size_t n = fwrite( buffer, 1, 10, f_out );
 
     if ( n != 10 ) {
-	kdError(7017) << "Could not send header" << endl;
+	kdError(7017) << "Could not send header (pid " << getpid() << " process \"" << __progname << "\")" << endl;
 	return false;
     }
 
     n = fwrite( data.data(), 1, data.size(), f_out );
 
     if ( n != data.size() ) {
-	kdError(7017) << "Could not write data" << endl;
+	kdError(7017) << "Could not write data (pid " << getpid() << " process \"" << __progname << "\")" << endl;
 	return false;
     }
 
     if (fflush( f_out )) {
-	kdError(7017) << "Could not write data" << endl;
+	kdError(7017) << "Could not write data (pid " << getpid() << " process \"" << __progname << "\")" << endl;
 	return false;
     }
 
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ bool Connection::sendnow( int _cmd, const TQByteArray &data )
 int Connection::read( int* _cmd, TQByteArray &data )
 {
     if (fd_in == -1 ) {
-	kdError(7017) << "read: not yet inited" << endl;
+	kdError(7017) << "read: not yet inited (pid " << getpid() << " process \"" << __progname << "\")" << endl;
 	return -1;
     }
 
@@ -221,12 +223,12 @@ int Connection::read( int* _cmd, TQByteArray &data )
 	goto again1;
 
     if ( n == -1) {
-	kdError(7017) << "Header read failed, errno=" << errno << endl;
+	kdError(7017) << "Header read failed, errno=" << errno << " (pid " << getpid() << " process \"" << __progname << "\")" << endl;
     }
 
     if ( n != 10 ) {
       if ( n ) // 0 indicates end of file
-        kdError(7017) << "Header has invalid size (" << n << ")" << endl;
+        kdError(7017) << "Header has invalid size (" << n << ") (pid " << getpid() << " process \"" << __progname << "\")" << endl;
       return -1;
     }
 
@@ -252,11 +254,11 @@ int Connection::read( int* _cmd, TQByteArray &data )
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 		    continue;
 
-		kdError(7017) << "Data read failed, errno=" << errno << endl;
+		kdError(7017) << "Data read failed, errno=" << errno << " (pid " << getpid() << " process \"" << __progname << "\")" << endl;
 		return -1;
 	    }
 	    if ( !n ) { // 0 indicates end of file
-        	kdError(7017) << "Connection ended unexpectedly (" << n << "/" << bytesToGo << ")" << endl;
+        	kdError(7017) << "Connection ended unexpectedly (" << n << "/" << bytesToGo << ") (pid " << getpid() << " process \"" << __progname << "\")" << endl;
       		return -1;
     	    }
 
diff --git a/tdeio/tdeio/kdirlister.cpp b/tdeio/tdeio/kdirlister.cpp
index 1bf9ac78c..bae304f74 100644
--- a/tdeio/tdeio/kdirlister.cpp
+++ b/tdeio/tdeio/kdirlister.cpp
@@ -90,17 +90,6 @@ KDirListerCache::~KDirListerCache()
 bool KDirListerCache::listDir( KDirLister *lister, const KURL& _u,
                                bool _keep, bool _reload )
 {
-  // HACK
-  // The media:/ tdeioslave has massive problems related to not properly updating its root directory
-  // Therefore, force a reload every time the media:/ tdeioslave root is accessed!
-  // FIXME
-  // For anyone wanting to tackle this problem, it was traced into the KDirListerCache::updateDirectory TDEIO::listDir TDEIO job
-  // Specifically, slotUpdateResult is never called for the root directory *iff* the user descends into an unmounted media device
-  // Strangely, slotUpdateResult *is* called if the user instead right-clicks on the unmounted media device and selects Mount from the context menu
-  if ((_u.protocol() == "media") && (_u.path() == "/")) {
-    _reload = true;
-  }
-
   // like this we don't have to worry about trailing slashes any further
   KURL _url = _u;
   _url.cleanPath(); // kill consecutive slashes