Hi, I had exactly the same problem as you. After consult this page: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330285 I did this: mv ~/share/config/kresources/ ~/share/config/kresources.bak and kontact start normaly again. for newbie: "~" is the directory of your home: /home/yourID/ Hope that help ++++++++++ Le Gluon du Net