-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thank you for your help. The /usr/share addition to XDG_DATA_DIRS solved it, together with avoiding, for now, kdm and just use startx. This works for me as root user and unprivileged user. 1) cat .xinitrc exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startkde and then 2) export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/kde/share:/usr/share 3) startx 4) works for me! The /usr/share addition was they key for startx/.xinitrc to do the job. Without /usr/share, startx fail to tart kde propery and I get the original error. KDM still misbehave, as before. I need to dig into kdmrc. It does not seem to be configured correctly after building the kde packages. Magnus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlI40hUACgkQgcbdsq5qgfnAfgCfWlJzUgFcg60RjiZxSPkkYc3u gzAAoM2V7iPNHy45QoN7edbdMFABG/xb =wBT7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<