Well I now have kde 4.3.1 installed and apart from a few issues the update from 3.5.10 went well.
***Well done*** to all the developers who have brought kde this far. I just need to get use to working slightly different now <grin>. By the way does anybody know how to use a smaller font for the boot up screen? Well thanks again to all who helped with kde4.3.1 Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux