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I just built kde-3.5.6 from source tarballs in the home directory of special user "kdedev". This procedure was recommended by the kde.org so as not to destroy my existing kde-3.4.2 install. It compiled & works great when I login as user "kdedev" but,....when I run konqueror in Super User Mode from within kde-3.5.6 the fonts displayed in konqueror as well as text documents I view are a bit broken-up (thin & fuzzy).

I run the Linux Mandriva -2006 distribution & login via KDM by choosing the default desktop option. This forces /etc/x11/Xsession to use my /home/kdedev/.xsession file.

Here are the commands I type in the kde-3.5.6 Command Box to run konqueror:

kdesu "konqueror --profile root"
kdesu "/home/kdedev/kde-3.5.6/bin/konqueror --profile root"

Note: The 1st cmd starts konqueror-3.4.2 using kde-3.4.2 (/usr/bin/konqueror)
The 2nd cmd starts konqueror-3.5.6 using kde-3.5.6

Here is my /home/kdedev/.bash_profile:

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

KDEDIR=/home/kdedev/kde-3.5.6
PATH=/home/kdedev/kde-3.5.6/bin:$PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/kdedev/kde-3.5.6/lib

export KDEDIR PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH

unset USERNAME

Here is my /home/kdedev/.xsession:

#!/bin/sh

exec /home/kdedev/kde-3.5.6/bin/startkde || xterm

Thank You for reading this post & I look forward to hearing from you.

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Here is some more data I uncovered after my original post (above):

If user kdedev chooses "IceWM" from the KDM login sessions menu instead of "Default" & subsequently starts konqueror in Super User Mode there is no problem with fonts
displayed in konqueror and any text documents.

I finally found the solution to my kde-3.5.6 Super User Mode font appearance. It was a menu item inside konqueror itself.

Solution to kde-3.5.6 "Super User Mode" font appearance:

kdesu konqueror
go [menu]
settings
appearance & themes
fonts
[x] use anti-aliasing for fonts

Thank you all for reading my post & I hope this solution will help someone else. ----Stan