Thank you ! > Normally, that would be in: .bash_profile, but wouldn't you want to put > this in: "profile" or a 'profile.d' script? This is not a problem i think.. > > > added KDEDIRS=/opt/kde-3.4.1 > > That would probably be KDEDIR if you only have one. :-) Yes . This was the problem ! Now it's fine. :) BTW .. i recall there was KDEDIRS .. One of the variables was depricated but i didn't know which one. > > > 2. .xinitrc - added startkde > > This doesn't do anything unless you are starting KDE from a console > with: "startx". Exactly. > > The problem is that KDE is not finding your: xdg directory the related > 'desktop' files. That is what i was thinking ...but didn'k know the solution. > > You can add two environment variables: > > XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=$KDEDIR/etc/xdg > XDG_DATA_DIRS=$KDEDIR/share > export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS XDG_DATA_DIRS > > Exactly where to put this is a good question. If all you run is KDE > then you can put it in "profile" or a 'profile.d' script. ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.