Not everyone, particularly Debian users, wants sudo globally enabled. There are numerous kdesu bugs, possibly related. I posted another only today. This issue has been my most major usability annoyance with TDE from the beginning and till today was unresolved. I just found, quite by accident, this one, titled "startkde (starttde) needs updating" http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675 The solution (for 3.5.13, in /opt/trinity/bin/startkde) is simply: 112a113,114 > ### out ## > 114,116c116,128 < if [ -z "$KDEROOTHOME" ] && [ "$UID" = "0" ]; then < echo "[startkde] User ID is $UID. Setting KDEROOTHOME to $KDEHOME." < export KDEROOTHOME=$KDEHOME --- > #if [ -z "$KDEROOTHOME" ] && [ "$UID" = "0" ]; then > # echo "[startkde] User ID is $UID. Setting KDEROOTHOME to $KDEHOME." > # export KDEROOTHOME=$KDEHOME > #fi > > ### in ##re: http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675 > > # kdesu needs something to find root's TDE profile. Set the TDEROOTHOME variable > # here as last resort. /root/.trinity is a safe presumption. If an admin wants > # a different location then set the TDEROOTHOME variable elsewhere. > if [ -z "$KDEROOTHOME" ]; then > export KDEROOTHOME=/root/.trinity > echo "startkde: Setting KDEROOTHOME to $KDEROOTHOME." 118a131,134 > > ################################### > > I could before not even change the clock without getting root-owned files in ~. Now, no more dcopserver crashes. Gksu, sux and su-to-root -C work. I can set a different appearance for root instances of kwrite,konq,.. Not fully tested yet but good so far. If Darryl reads this, thanks enormously. David