[expert] kcontrol STILL doesn't function

[Praedor Tempus]

I just installed the latest KDE2.1 beta for 7.2.  All now seems OK (after I 
again deleted my .kde/ directory and re-setup everything AGAIN) except 
kcontrol.  Kcontrol, as with the previous 2.1 iterations, will not work for 
user.  As superuser, if I start kcontrol from a terminal, it works.  As a 
user, it produces a useless, empty menu selection field.  REPEATED deletions 
of .kde and even .kderc followed by re-logins fails to fix it.  It doesn't 
work.

How does one get the #&@%!!! kcontrol to work?  It also keeps putting itself 
into a nameless folder in the kmenu rather than properly sitting there by 
itself.

Anyone?