Hi, I initialize the environment for KDE with a script in /usr/env. Somebody resets LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but no other variables. This happens under Etch, not under Sarge. ssh_agent resets LD_LIBRARY_PATH (under Sarge and Etch). Under Etch startkde calls "ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch". But under Sarge ssh-agent starts startkde. Peter Altmann