Hi all, I found out, that there might be in the file
~/.kde/share/config/ksmserverrc the reason for this behaviour. In this file there are some lines, like these: ... ... ... program1=kwin program2=konsole restartCommand1=kwin,-session,117f000001000104719241100000010740000 restartCommand2=konsole,-session,117f000001000104751255500000017960004 restartStyleHint1=0 restartStyleHint2=0 ... ... ... and these: ... ... program7=kmail program8=gnomemeeting restartCommand1=kwin,-session,117f000001000105000336200000009100000_1120028486_6 78589 restartCommand2=kmix,-session,10109d7e4e7000111790181000000063050018_1120028481_ 961299 restartCommand3=ksensors,-session,11c0a80063000109427708100000011470005_11200284 81_964044 restartCommand4=superkaramba,-session,10109d7e4e7000111531793400000062160031_112 0028481_965242 restartCommand5=kwalletmanager,-session,10109d7e4e7000111493504800000062170013_1 120028481_965509 res .... .... I discovered, that in the non-working session, there is a comma (the ",") set in front of the word "kwin" at the lines, were "kwin" is mentioned. How and who this comma is setting, I could not find out, but if you are removing it, everything is working fine. I think, the coders know more about it. I hope this helps ! Kind regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]