diff -uNr konq.orig/konq-embed/kdesrc/kio/http/http.cc konqueror-embedded-snapshot-20030705/konq-embed/kdesrc/kio/http/http.cc
--- konq.orig/konq-embed/kdesrc/kio/http/http.cc	2005-01-26 15:23:13.357226175 +0100
+++ konqueror-embedded-snapshot-20030705/konq-embed/kdesrc/kio/http/http.cc	2005-01-26 15:24:15.887127980 +0100
@@ -203,5 +203,8 @@
   m_bUseCookiejar = config()->readBoolEntry("Cookies", true);
   m_bUseCache = config()->readBoolEntry("UseCache", true);
-  m_strCacheDir = config()->readEntry("CacheDir", "/tmp/");
+  m_strCacheDir = config()->readEntry("CacheDir", "/tmp/konq/");
+  if(m_strCacheDir.isEmpty() || m_strCacheDir == "/")
+    m_strCacheDir = "/tmp/konq/";
+  mkdir(m_strCacheDir.latin1(), 0777);
   m_maxCacheAge = config()->readNumEntry("MaxCacheAge");
   m_request.window = config()->readEntry("window-id");