On a basis SuSE 7.3 installation I upgraded KDE to the 303 version compiling kdelibs and kdebase. Almost everything went going OK, with the exception of the surface of the desktop itself: it starts flashing with a frequency of nearly 2 flashes per second, and no icons at all shows up.The flashing stops after nearly one minute automatically and the gray background of the X server stays in place. There is no posibility to make changes on the desktop background through the control center menu. The panel is OK, all programs are accessible through the "K" icon in the panel. Working with the shell is also OK. Can somebody tell me, where I could start making changes ? Hints are highly appreciated, thanks, -- Beatriz Botero mailto:bbotero@gmx.de