konsolepart has its own configuration file. Did you try to right click into konsolepart to configure it?

No, but now I think I selected the incorrect "component" to open this bug. This was supposed to be a bug report about the "konsole" program, type in xterm. If I read this right its on kdevelop. Please move this bug if possible or tell be to close it; I will then open a new one for konsole.

Works fine for me using CVS/HEAD.  Need more info...

> But starting a new konsole (from a konsole or the kicker) does not use this mode. 

What does the new konsole look like?  What is checked in Settings->Schema?

Konsole Default is checked. Even though:

grep -i schema konsolerc
schema=Transparent_lightbg.schema

Bye the way I switched to cvs head and the behaviour is the same here (for me)

Well, I wonder what Debian is doing...

See what the output of these are:
1. grep -i schema $KDEHOME/share/config/konsolerc
2. konsole --schemas
3. konsole --schema=Transparent_lightbg.schema
4. Try using another non-transparent schema as the default.

grep -i schema $KDEHOME/share/config/konsolerc 

output: schema=Transparent_lightbg.schema

konsole --schemas 

output: 

kio (KSycoca): Trying to open ksycoca from /var/tmp/kdecache-vogella/ksycoca
Transparent.schema
DarkPicture.schema
BlackOnLightColor.schema
Transparent_darkbg.schema
Transparent_lightbg.schema
vim.schema
GreenTint.schema
BlackOnWhite.schema
BlackOnLightYellow.schema
LightPicture.schema
GreenTint_MC.schema
Transparent_MC.schema
XTerm.schema
Linux.schema
GreenOnBlack.schema
WhiteOnBlack.schema
syscolor.schema

vogella@localhost:~$ konsole --schemas
kio (KSycoca): Trying to open ksycoca from /var/tmp/kdecache-vogella/ksycoca
Transparent.schema
DarkPicture.schema
BlackOnLightColor.schema
Transparent_darkbg.schema
Transparent_lightbg.schema
vim.schema
GreenTint.schema
BlackOnWhite.schema
BlackOnLightYellow.schema
LightPicture.schema
GreenTint_MC.schema
Transparent_MC.schema
XTerm.schema
Linux.schema
GreenOnBlack.schema
WhiteOnBlack.schema
syscolor.schema

konsole --schema=Transparent_lightbg.schema 

Works. This is also my current workaround. ;-)

Try using another non-transparent schema as the default. 

I tried green on black but it also does not work.

That all looks good.  Delete/move $KDEHOME/share/config/konsolerc and then 'save as default' again.  If that doesn't work, attach the konsolerc to the bug report... I'm about at a lost...

This did not solve it. 

But afterwards (by accident) I deleted my customized files in $KDEHOME/share/apps/konsole. As transparent_light was working then selecting manually I don't think that I accidently configured transparent_light to look like Linux Konsole. I assume that one of these files did contain misleading informations. I re-tested with several reconfigured settings but the CVS KDE always works now correctly. This bug can be closed.

Per Reporter.  Although I don't see how files in $KDEHOME/share/apps/konsole could invalidate konsolerc...

i had similiar bug, that save as default had no effect. it always opened "konsole default" profile.

and the reason for that was in share/apps/konsole a .desktop file called shell.desktop:

-rw-------  1 glen glen 109 Sep 11  2004 shell.desktop
$ cat $KDEHOME/share/apps/konsole/shell.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Cwd=
Exec=
Font=
Icon=openterm
KeyTab=
Name=Shell
Schema=
Term=xterm
Type=KonsoleApplication

it's an old file, but the behaviour changed after the file was created (i believe in 3.5.0 somewhere) probably i saved once sessions profile.

i had the exact same bug, save as default had no effect.  deleting shell.desktop from $KDEHome/share/apps/konsole solves the problem.