> Just finished doing a clean compile of the cvs as of 08:00am EST [-5:00],
> this was a clean install, no prior pieces of code used and all prior
> directories deleted.
> 
> When I run startx I get the kdewizard, it goes away, the desktop comes up,
> the laptop (apm) icon comes up and sits in the middle of the screen, kde
> hangs. Kicker never starts. Here is the output on from the console - I
> hope it contains what someone needs to tell me what I messed up!

   Remove your .kde/share/config/kickerrc file. 

  There was a warning about this some days ago, but it is always sad to
see that things so small can break the whole system. 

                Lotzi