The problem bug is a real bug and not a result of upgrading. I a fresh install with the new sarge installer beta 4, and the problem persisted. I also have discovered why this problem manifested in 3.1.4-3. The binary packages search /etc/qt3/ and /usr/share/config for config files. Up to (and including) 3.1.4-2, /usr/share/config was a symlink to /etc/kde3; hence, it could find the config files. In 3.1.4-3, this symlink was removed. This also explains why installing from debian source over the binary package also fixed the problem permanently: the source install installed the config files into /usr/share/config, so any later binary package could find the config files. Thus, there are 3 solutions to this (and presumably other, related) bugs:
1) Recompile the packages to add /etc/kde3 to the config file search path. 2) Turn /usr/shar/config back into a symlink to /etc/kde3 3) move all the files in /etc/kde3 to /etc/qt3 or /usr/share/config I don't know how these options interact with the debian policy. Presumably you guys do. :) Let me know what you decide. -- Itai Itai Seggev, University of Chicago, Department of Physics Co-coordinator, Carmel Project (http://linbrew.sourceforge.net/carmel) In 1997 a group of programmers started writing a desktop environment to fix a travesty they didn't create. Their program promptly found its way onto un*x systems everywhere. Today, still opposed by a software monopolist, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you share their vision, if you know you can help, and if you can connect to internet, maybe you can join... the K-Team.