I found the solution in the archives- as Craig Sutherland suggested I started kcontrol before KDE, and made the change to the show icons button. After that, KDE functioned properly.
Here is the error on the kalarm install, in case anyone is interested. /usr/bin/install -d -m 755 /sw/src/root-kalarm-3.1.4-22/sw/bin /bin/mv /sw/src/root-kdepim3-3.1.4-22/sw/bin/kalarm* /sw/src/root-kalarm-3.1.4-22/sw/bin/ /usr/bin/install -d -m 755 /sw/src/root-kalarm-3.1.4-22/sw/share/applnk/.hidden /bin/mv /sw/src/root-kdepim3-3.1.4-22/sw/share/applnk/.hidden/kalarmd.desktop /sw/src/root-kalarm-3.1.4-22/sw/share/applnk/.hidden/ /usr/bin/install -d -m 755 /sw/src/root-kalarm-3.1.4-22/sw/share/applnk/Utilities/More /bin/mv /sw/src/root-kdepim3-3.1.4-22/sw/share/applnk/Utilities/More/ kalarm.desktop /sw/src/root-kalarm-3.1.4-22/sw/share/applnk/Utilities/More/ mv: rename /sw/src/root-kdepim3-3.1.4-22/sw/share/applnk/Utilities/More/ kalarm.desktop to /sw/src/root-kalarm-3.1.4-22/sw/share/applnk/Utilities/More/ kalarm.desktop: No such file or directory ### execution of /bin/mv failed, exit code 1 Failed: installing kalarm-3.1.4-22 failed Now I'll see if I can get emboss and the kaptain grammers installed. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
