What happens if you call "susehelp help:kate" on the command line?
andrew@tpc:~> susehelp help:kate susehelp - the SUSE help center start susehelp starts up the SUSE online help. The way the help is displayed depends on the system settings. For X-Windows susehelp starts either the SUSE KDE-helpcenter in case you are running KDE or one of konqueror, mozilla or netscape if the helpcenter could not be found. On terminals, the system is searched for a textbrowser like w3m. You can specify the browser you like to use setting the environment variables 'XBROWSER' or 'TEXTBROWSER'. susehelp knows two call arguments: -nox -> Don't use a X Window browser, even while running X Window. -x -> Use the X Window browser I take it that's not what's supposed to happen? If use the -x option, it opens up KHelpCenter, but at the default first page (the KDE Help Center). ajl