hi simo, thanks for your quick reply. the point just is, that i did not touch the configs manually. they were created by the login manager plugin of kcontrol and could not be reversed... i'll change the config manually for now... mike -- mike gabriel, hamburger chaussee 240, 24113 kiel fon: +49 431 6474196, mail: m.gabriel@zaubberer.net links: http://www.sunweavers.net