As far as I know kdialog should be backwards compatible with xdialog, but maybe it's not. You can use --error <text> as is suggested above or --warningyesno <text> or --warningcontinuecancel <text> or --warningyesnocancel <text>. Without seeing the original call I'm unsure which is most suitable.
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