Could it be that the address book data file is kept in the .kde directory (which I assumed was all configuration stuff)?
I've just put debian onto my RH8 box, and found that when I transferred my /home partition to the debian setup, kde was misconfigured. So I deleted all the .kde stuff, and everything was perfect -- except that my huge addressbook database has apparently disappeared. And no, I hadn't included that in any backup recently. Oh dear, does that mean it is gone for good? -- richard
