After apt-upgrading tonight, major components were upgraded from -3 to -4 status. I felt a restart of KDE was necessary to shut down all processes and restart them with the new libraries.
ii kdelibs 3.3.1-4 KDE core libraries metapackage ii kdelibs-bin 3.3.1-4 KDE core binaries hi kdelibs-data 3.3.1-4 KDE core shared data ii kdelibs4 3.3.1-4 KDE core libraries hi kdelibs4-dev 3.3.1-4 KDE core libraries (development files) After fooling around with the login window and looking for a "Restart X Windows" or "Restart KDE" choice, I performed a clean reboot. What other methods could have restarted KDE? Bob -- BOFH excuse #235: The new frame relay network hasn't bedded down the software loop transmitter yet.
