> I think the right fix for the komp-pid.diff related error is
> to replace the Unix/Standard C function calls (that take C strings) to
> Qt ones, as there don't seem to be any easy way to convert back TQString
> to const char* without messing with locales (TQString is UTF16, const
> char* is locale-dependent).

Yup, go ahead and pop my noobie balloon!

I understand what you are describing, but my response is to act like the proverbial deer in the headlight beam. Or go glassy eyed like a baby filling its diaper. :)

All I want to accomplish with the patches and two bug reports:

* Move both .kompmgr.available and kompmgr.pid out of $HOME to $TDEHOME/$TDETMP (non persistent) or $TDEHOME/$TDEVARTMP (persistent). Or /var/run. Or $TMP. Anywhere appropriate other than $HOME.

* Silence the xsession output "reading '/home/users/username/.kompmgr.pid' as kompmgr pidfile" when kompmgr is not enabled.

Darrell