This is because KDE2 isn't running and the interprocess stuff is having issues. I am assuming your printing from konqueror? Yes? Try starting KDE2 and see if you get the same errors with KWord that you are getting under XFCE...then send further output. * Landy Roman (landie@concentric.net) [010304 14:15]: =>this is the error i get when tryint to print from kword, green light goes off =>but it wont print at all and lpq shows no entries => =>-- =>Rolando Roman =>SuSe 7.0 Linux virtuoso 2.2.16 #1 Wed Aug 2 20:22:26 GMT 2000 i586 unknown =>kdecore (KIconLoader): Theme tree: (KDE-HiColor: (KDE-LoColor)) =>QGList::locate: Index 0 out of range =>QGList::locate: Index 0 out of range =>QDir::readDirEntries: Cannot read the directory: /home/landie/.kde2/share/apps/kword/templates =>QToolBar::QToolBar main window cannot be 0. =>QGList::locate: Index 0 out of range =>QGList::locate: Index 0 out of range =>kdecore (KLibLoader): KLibrary: shutdown timer for libkwordpart started! =>kdecore (KLibLoader): Deleting KLibLoader 0x80991f8 unnamed =>kdecore (KLibLoader): The KLibLoader contains the library libkwordpart (0x8097cb0) =>kdecore (KLibLoader): Deleting KLibrary 0x8097cb0 libkwordpart =>kdecore (KLibLoader): ... deleting the factory 0x8096d88 =>kdecore (KLibLoader): Deleting KLibFactory 0x8096d88 =>kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed => =>-- =>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com =>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com =>Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.