Could people have a look at the following patch and make sure that it doesn't break anything on there particular OS. (I remember Caldera having some issues with crypt) See also http://bugs.kde.org/db/22/2202.html Cheers, Waldo Index: session.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/kde/kdebase/kdm/session.c,v retrieving revision 1.23 diff -u -r1.23 session.c --- session.c 2000/04/02 11:32:46 1.23 +++ session.c 2000/04/16 21:48:13 @@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ return env; } -#if defined(Lynx) || defined(SCO) && !defined(SCO_USA) +#if defined(Lynx) || defined(SCO) && !defined(SCO_USA) || !defined(HAVE_CRYPT_H) char *crypt(const char *s1, const char *s2) { return(s2);