The following is logged in my ".xsession-errors" file after a failed attempt to open konqueror: kdecore (KURL): KURL couldn't parse URL "--silent" After several minutes konqueror appears and the following is logged to .xsession-errors": kio (KProtocolInfo): ERROR: Protocol '' not found kdecore (KLibLoader): The KLibLoader contains the library libuachangerplugin (0x870d958) kdecore (KLibLoader): The KLibLoader contains the library libksteakplugin (0x86e65f0) kdecore (KLibLoader): The KLibLoader contains the library libbabelfishplugin (0x86ead90) kdecore (KLibLoader): The KLibLoader contains the library libkonqaboutpage (0x86d3ee0) kdecore (KLibLoader): The KLibLoader contains the library libdomtreeviewerplugin (0x8703270) kdecore (KLibLoader): The KLibLoader contains the library libvalidatorsplugin (0x87043b0) kdecore (KLibLoader): The KLibLoader contains the library libkhtmlsettingsplugin (0x86e4100) kdecore (KLibLoader): The KLibLoader contains the library libwebarchiverplugin (0x870c7f0) Anything and everything is very much appreciated. Thanks, Anthony ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.