>  void KGlobalSettingsTest::initTestCase()
>  {
> +    // Some signals are only emitted when we are running a full KDE
> session. If
> +    // we are not then KDE applications follow the platform palette and
> font
> +    // settings.
> +    setenv("KDE_FULL_SESSION", "1", 1);
> +

qputenv()?

Eike