Can't Change "Look & Feel" of Desktop

Hi All, I'm a newbie to SuSE 8.0 and I'm a little bit befuddled why, when logged in as root, my changes to the look and feel of the desktop(s), namely backgrounds, does not take. I can change the bsckground while in a KDE session but my changes disappear and revert back to the default "red exploding bomb" background when I logout and return. I've never experienced this with debian, mandrake or redhat. Also, when trying to turn on the SuSE menus it doesn't take and all I get are the default KDE menus. Any help appreciated. Richard -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze