Hi Just as I added the last item, in order to do all of my work related 
functions using linux, I've encountered another problem. I am using REDhat 
7.1 with the KDE desktop.

I have a root identity and also a user account which is what I plan to useday 
to day. THe newproblem isthat allof the iconsfor the programsIneed to use 
have disapeared from my desktop. In fact all icons haved isapeared from my 
desk top.

If I use Konquerer to view my home directory, there is still an entry for my 
desktop with all the iconsshown, although they don't work. IfiguredI couldgo 
to the "K" and go to the run command and enter the command to run aprogram, 
but that doesen't do anything either.

I can launch programs from the command line, but I really prefer to be able 
to launch programs from icons. By the way, I can no longer create new icons 
either.
I don't think I am doing anything to extreme. I need to use star office, the 
Opera browser, Kmail, and from the command line Iaunch an ssh session to my 
office with several ports forwarded,. Through one of the forwarded ports, 
namley 23, I launch a windows telnet client, Netterm (I have installed and 
configured wine) which hasall sorts of hot keys programed in

All of thisworks fine, but it is so much easier to launch from icons

Regards,


Charlie