is anyone else having these big problems with 3.4?

When I try to start konqueror it flashs then shutdowns. Then sometimes the bar with dissapper. then the icons. Then it won't let me shutdown and I have to do a manual shutdown.

I was really excited about this but now not so much.

*Off topic*

When I did first start up 3.4 in the place of konqueror and mozilla and home icon (on the bar) there were pictures of gears. How do I fix this?