Suse 7.1, kernel 2.4.3, kde 2.1.1, XF86-4.0.3 Background - Upgraded to vanilla 2.4.3. to gain some ISDN features. Everything went ok. Unfortunately we had a problem with /etc/rc.config -we corrupted this and had to reboot with /etc/rc.config.old. Upshot is -kernel 2.4.3 boots ok, kde started ok and kde apps are working ok. Attempts to start Netscape of Star Office fail. Attempts to start these can cause a lock up. If I try to change the text colour in konqueror, the change is not accepted. I tried to overcome these by upgrading to kde 2.1.1 and followed with XF86 4.0.3. Still kernel is working well, with no serious error messages. Kde boots ok. But problems with Netsape and Star Office prevail. I am reluctant to reinstall as it is a good up to date kernel. But there are some problems. I enclose the last part of the startx log. xrdb: "*SmeBSB*shadowWidth" on line 681 overrides entry on line 238 kdecore (KLibLoader): closing library libkcm_style kdecore (KLibLoader): Deleting KLibrary 0x80ab078 libkcm_style kdecore (KLibLoader): closing library libkcm_bell kdecore (KLibLoader): Deleting KLibrary 0x80ab078 libkcm_bell kdecore (KLibLoader): Deleting KLibLoader 0x809afb0 unnamed kdecore (KIconLoader): Theme tree: (SuSE-HiColor: (SuSE-LoColor)) DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-890' to 'kinternet' ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! QSocketNotifier: Multiple socket notifiers for same socket 6 and type read kicker: WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 14 kwrited is already running.kdesktop is already running! ERROR: kicker is already running! klipper is already running! QObject::connect: Cannot connect KAction::activated() to Konsole::(null) QObject::connect: Cannot connect KAction::activated() to Konsole::(null) QObject::connect: Cannot connect KAction::activated() to Konsole::(null) QObject::connect: Cannot connect KAction::activated() to Konsole::(null) No such device: Opening audio device /dev/dsp Pathname: /opt/kde2/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav Device: /dev/dsp Sampling Rate: 22050 Hz Mode: Mono Samples: 181228 Bits: 16