[newbie] KDE logout problem

[Jeanette Russo]

 I seem to be having a slight problem when I use the KDE desktop.  When I
logout of KDE I get no command line just a long string of letters like this
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Then the only way I can get a command line back is ctrl -d
I am using Mandrake 6.02 and S3 Virge DX video card using SVGA server.
This only happens with KDE desktop not GNOME or Afterstep?
Anyone ever seen this, never happened on same hardware with 5.3 or 6.0 ?
Jeanette
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