I have two boxes 1 desktop 1 laptop, both were upgrades from 7.2, both had the same issue, kdebase-2.1.1-13mdk. This is ths issue, when I select kde options "apply fonts and colors to non kde apps" and "use anti-aliasing for fonts and icons" they are applied only for the current kde session, as soon as kdeinit is killed and you restart kde neither option is applied and in the control panel both options are checked. My solution was to edit /usr/bin/startkde and change the line "LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit" to "kdeinit +kcminit" Jose
