After switching to Plasma 5 from KDE SC 4, I have a couple of small issue, and I wonder if anyone else already has a solution? 1) I'm using SDDM now, but even with KDE4, I was unable to get SDDM to actually launch a Plasma session. After entering my details, I get a black screen and no further activity. I have to switch to another console, log in, and invoke startx myself. 2) I used to have some global shortcuts for launching certain apps. I don't seem able to set these up any more. After setting a shortcut on a lancher in the panel (e.g. Firefox), nothing happens when I actually hit the shortcut combination. 3) Despite installing sni-qt, I'm getting no tray icon for my Telepathy IM contacts. 4) I'm not sure how to get my beloved comic widget back on my desktop :( Paul