after using F9 for a while, the little icons to the right of the 2X2 desktop matrix go blank (white) These are (1) volume (2) network double monitor (3) little plug for kpowersave These are restored if I do ctrl-alt F1 ctrl-alt F7 $ kde4-config --version Qt: 4.4.3 KDE: 4.1.2 (KDE 4.1.2) kde4-config: 1.0 $ uname -r 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686 _________________________________________________________________ You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/115298556/direct/01/ ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.