diff -up kdelibs-4.11.3/kinit/autostart.cpp.autostart-debug kdelibs-4.11.3/kinit/autostart.cpp
--- kdelibs-4.11.3/kinit/autostart.cpp.autostart-debug	2013-06-28 18:03:41.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-4.11.3/kinit/autostart.cpp	2013-12-06 17:58:38.202910694 +0000
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
 #include "autostart.h"
 
+#include <kdebug.h>
 #include <kautostart.h>
 #include <kglobal.h>
 #include <kstandarddirs.h>
@@ -97,8 +98,10 @@ AutoStart::loadAutoStartList()
        item->phase = config.startPhase();
        if (item->phase < 0)
           item->phase = 0;
+			 kWarning() << "Loading autostart list item: name=" << item->name << " phase=" << item->phase;
        m_startList->append(item);
    }
+   kWarning() << "Loading complete";
 }
 
 QString
diff -up kdelibs-4.11.3/kinit/klauncher.cpp.autostart-debug kdelibs-4.11.3/kinit/klauncher.cpp
--- kdelibs-4.11.3/kinit/klauncher.cpp.autostart-debug	2013-12-06 16:40:58.000000000 +0000
+++ kdelibs-4.11.3/kinit/klauncher.cpp	2013-12-06 17:54:47.369608109 +0000
@@ -537,11 +537,13 @@ KLauncher::slotAutoStart()
    do
    {
       QString service = mAutoStart.startService();
+				kWarning() << "Autostarting service: " << service;
       if (service.isEmpty())
       {
          // Done
 	 if( !mAutoStart.phaseDone())
 	 {
+		 	kWarning() << "Autostarting done. Reporting back to ksmserver";
 	    mAutoStart.setPhaseDone();
             switch( mAutoStart.phase())
                 {
@@ -816,6 +818,7 @@ KLauncher::start_service(KService::Ptr s
                          const QStringList &envs, const QByteArray &startup_id,
                          bool blind, bool autoStart, const QDBusMessage &msg)
 {
+		kWarning() << "Preparing start: " << service->name();
    QStringList urls = _urls;
    bool runPermitted = KDesktopFile::isAuthorizedDesktopFile(service->entryPath());
 
@@ -908,6 +911,7 @@ KLauncher::start_service(KService::Ptr s
       msg.setDelayedReply(true);
       request->transaction = msg;
    }
+   	kWarning() << "Queueing service request";
    queueRequest(request);
    return true;
 }
@@ -1051,6 +1055,7 @@ KLauncher::slotDequeue()
       KLaunchRequest *request = requestQueue.takeFirst();
       // process request
       request->status = KLaunchRequest::Launching;
+			kWarning() << "Starting: " << request->name;
       requestStart(request);
       if (request->status != KLaunchRequest::Launching)
       {