diff -Naur kdelibs-3.5.8.orig/kio/kio/netaccess.cpp kdelibs-3.5.8/kio/kio/netaccess.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.5.8.orig/kio/kio/netaccess.cpp	2007-10-08 16:01:42.000000000 +0200
+++ kdelibs-3.5.8/kio/kio/netaccess.cpp	2007-11-20 12:22:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
                               QWidget* window )
 {
   bJobOK = true; // success unless further error occurs
-  KIO::StatJob * job = KIO::stat( url, !url.isLocalFile() );
+  KIO::StatJob * job = KIO::stat( url, !url.isLocalFile() && !url.url().startsWith("beagle:?") );
   job->setWindow (window);
   job->setDetails( details );
   job->setSide( source );