It looks like libfreetype6 is indeed the problem. It's funny I didn't have this problem with kde 3.1.2 though.
startkde: Starting up... kdeinit: relocation error: /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3: undefined symbol: FT_Seek_Stream startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. The culprit definitely seems to be libfreetype6, which I have installed from testing because I am running Xfree86 4.2.1. libfreetype6 2.1.7-2 install ok installed libfreetype6 2.0.9-1 stable libfreetype6 2.1.7-2 testing libfreetype6/testing uptodate 2.1.7-2 So it seems kde 3.2 (from download.kde.org) conflicts with libfreetype6 2.1.7-2. Is it possible to run Xfree86 4.2.1 and KDE 3.2 on the same system? Please cc me in your reply. Thanks, Shaun > Check your ~/.xsession-error after that message appears for > 'undefined function' / 'reloaction error' or something similar. I > had problems with FT_Stream_Seek/ FT_Seek_Stream since i used a > mozilla backport for woody which installed a newer libfreetype6 so > i had to purge mozilla and these libs before getting KDE started. > > Marcel.