Indeed, konsole works as expected in a new user environment. Probably, the problem has to do with my settings. Thanks Dimitris On Tuesday 09 December 2008 17:23:48 you wrote: > On Tuesday 09 December 2008 07:46:44 Eftaxiopoulos Dimitrios wrote: > > When I type "konsole" in a simple user bash shell, a root konsole window > > comes up prompting for a password. > > Please, create a new user and check that the same applies. > > Regards, Lisandro.