Ok, found the issue with qt-3.3.1 and KDE 3.2 builds. QT Designer would segfault and it took strace to figure out why. Seems that kde libkdesu.so links to libkdesu.so.4.2.0 and qt wants it linked to libkdesu.so.4... libkdesu.so.4 links to libkdesu.so.4.2.0. Once I changed libkdesu.so to point to libkdesu.so.4 designer ran flawless. The only args I used to compile qt-3.3.1 (this version) is prefix=/usr/lib/qt-3.3.1 -qt-gif -thread -cups. I let qt's own built in 3rd party programs handle zlib, jpeg, mng, png files. So if someone has an i586 that can compile qt-3.3.1 have them use the same args so KDE 3.2 will function correctly without another recompile for the libs, base, and artwork. I've included the following scripts into kdebase; kde.sh, kde.csh, pkgconfig.sh, gtk.sh, xinitrc.kde. In qt only qt.sh and qt.csh are included. These packages are a new build against this particular qt-3.3.1 build so if you need to change qt's arch please use same args. I will try to place a new link in /opt/kde/lib for libkdesu.so into the correct package once I locate the proper package. Inggy .