>> <snip> >> >> I am looking into this one, which fortunately I am still >> able to replicate >> on the older machine I mentioned earlier. Something >> is messed up with the >> XDG desktop paths; on my system "kde-config --userpath >> desktop" returns >> "/". > > Confirmed here. > > On my virtual machine running Trinity I get "/" for both root and normal > user. > > On my 3.5.10 machine I get the correct location for the Desktop directory > for both root and normal user. > > That probably confirms why the original desktop icons are missing. > > That bug probably exlains why a new .directory files is being created in > the root level of the files system when I run as root, and why I receive > the error message trying to create that same file when running as normal > user. > OK, try kdelibs and kdebase with SVN revision 1176194 or later. Most of the issues you posted earlier should be resolved, with the exception of the Qt connection error messages. I have also incorporated the majority of your startkde script changes as they should not interfere with Debian and add significant functionality. Thanks! Tim