I had to let this issue alone for a few days, to deal with radeon hardware based DRI - I switched back from proprietary to free driver, and it was not working properly due to lack of ATI non-free firmware package. Now that this is solved, I got back to the ksplash issue, and I discovered that, now, ksplash simply will not show.
I then fired SystemSettings as root, selected "Look and Feel" > "Appearance" > "Splash Screen" > "Default", and then hit the "Test Theme" button. Got an error: "Failed to successfully test the splash screen". So, I did the same as regular user. I found that my personal theme choice was already "Default", and the test button worked. Also, I typed >ksplahsx Default --test in konsole, and that worked also. Then, I logged out, and logged in again. Still, no splash at all, only a white rectangle on the left top screen corner. Any hints? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cakaijp2eakmumgvklsltp1owootgqw4bwykftrfrdlfuy0c...@mail.gmail.com

