Hello list, just to recall the item: SuSE 8.1, KDE 3.2..x: when logging out, I get a screen freeze. As somebody noted on the list, this happens on SuSE 8.2 as well (do not know, whether 9.0 is concerned as well). I got some useful hints, such as from Mario: ---start quote To prevent this problem at logout, add TerminateServer=false in the [X-*-Core] section of /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. ---end quote However, this is not helping at all, it is definitely not a driver/XFree problem. What is really happening: -> change in the control center some settings concerning colours, background or whatever. -> log out -> screen freeze / crash If i am logged in as root, my root reiserfs partition is corrupted, and if I am logged in as user, the user reiserfs partition is corrupted due to the necessary reset ! As long as you do not to change any settings, the screen frees does not show up. It seems (with my limited knowledge) that KDE is trying to write some configuration files at logout which makes the system going out for lunch. I am interested in your ideas... Regards, Udo