Well, if anyone else has or is experiencing this, I mv .kde and let it get rebuilt and now it looks great. Lost settings and such, but ... can't have everything. -s On Saturday 10 February 2001 16:50, you wrote: > I have been having trouble with the last several kde's that include the > older appearances. I upgraded to the most recent 2.01 through updates > since refomatting last night and the appearance of the menus and apps > toolbars, etc don't change to the more modern 3-d look. They actually look > the same as 1.99. But I can start an app with the su command in a terminal > and root's apps have the more modern characteristics that make kde more > appealing. > > This has happened with the last several upgrades, a while back with 1.99 -> > 2.0, now with 1.99 -> 2.01, and recently from 2.0 -> 2.1beta2. > > I upgraded this time through updates in user desktop and rebuilddb in root. > Kde2.1beta2 had been install through the console in root. > > Any thoughts, suggestions, fixes? > > TIA, > -s