diff -Nru kubuntu-notification-helper-14.04ubuntu10/debian/changelog kubuntu-notification-helper-14.04ubuntu11/debian/changelog
--- kubuntu-notification-helper-14.04ubuntu10/debian/changelog	2014-04-02 09:55:51.000000000 +0000
+++ kubuntu-notification-helper-14.04ubuntu11/debian/changelog	2014-04-07 12:56:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+kubuntu-notification-helper (14.04ubuntu11) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * Set dbusinterface timeout to highest possible value to prevent timeouts
+    when the dbus helper is tediously slow (LP: #1303209)
+
+ -- Harald Sitter <apachelogger@kubuntu.org>  Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:55:41 +0200
+
 kubuntu-notification-helper (14.04ubuntu10) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * Work around a bug in ubuntu-drivers-common not reporting the vbox
diff -Nru kubuntu-notification-helper-14.04ubuntu10/src/daemon/driverevent/driverevent.cpp kubuntu-notification-helper-14.04ubuntu11/src/daemon/driverevent/driverevent.cpp
--- kubuntu-notification-helper-14.04ubuntu10/src/daemon/driverevent/driverevent.cpp	2014-04-02 09:45:28.000000000 +0000
+++ kubuntu-notification-helper-14.04ubuntu11/src/daemon/driverevent/driverevent.cpp	2014-04-07 12:55:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@
 
     m_manager = new OrgKubuntuDriverManagerInterface("org.kubuntu.DriverManager", "/DriverManager", QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
 
+    // Force no dbus timeout.
+    // There is exactly one method we use and it must always return. The only
+    // situations where it does not return are those when something is terribly
+    // wrong, however we cannot necessarily detect that with an async connection
+    // either, so instead of asyncyfing the connection, we simply force no timeout.
+    // TODO: this may be practical and equivalent to async connection
+    //       but is really shitty and should be replaced by async connections.
+    //       alas, those have their own unique problems with timer handling in
+    //       python...
+    m_manager->setTimeout(INT_MAX);
+
     QDBusPendingReply<DeviceList> reply = m_manager->devices();
     QDBusPendingCallWatcher *watcher = new QDBusPendingCallWatcher(reply, this);
     connect(watcher, SIGNAL(finished(QDBusPendingCallWatcher*)),