Hi,
to change the background color that appear before laoding kdesktop , just open the file:
/etc/X11/Xsession
and scroll to this part:
[code:1]
# Mandrake default background
if [ "`whoami`" = root ]; then
xsetroot -solid "#7381BD"
IS_ROOT=1
else
IS_ROOT=
# Load the color only when not called from gdm/kdm
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
xsetroot -solid "#7381BD"
fi
fi
[/code:1]
then change "#7381BD" to any color you want , the 1st for root and 2nd for normal user
:idea: to choose the color you like open:
kcolorchooser
and copy the HTML value
Good Luck