Each time you launch kcm kdm configuration module, .kde/share/config/kdeglobals is populated with duplicates of all user defined values. After rebooting, user-defined values ar definitively lost Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Change kde fonts size or default browser using kcm 2. check that these values are applied in kdeglobals file 3. run kcmshells4 kdm (using gui or konsole) and exit it right away 4. check kdeglobals file again Actual Results: duplicates of all user defined values are added in kdeglobals file Here is a sample of my kdeglobals file : [General] BrowserApplication[$e]=!firefox -new-tab BrowserApplication[$e]=!rekonq XftHintStyle=hintmedium XftHintStyle=hintmedium desktopFont=Ubuntu,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 desktopFont=Ubuntu,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 fixed=Monospace,13,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 font=Ubuntu,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 font=Ubuntu,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 menuFont=Ubuntu,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 menuFont=Ubuntu,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 smallestReadableFont=Ubuntu,11,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 smallestReadableFont=Ubuntu,8,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 taskbarFont=Ubuntu,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 taskbarFont=Ubuntu,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 toolBarFont=Ubuntu,11,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 toolBarFont=Ubuntu,8,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 widgetStyle=oxygen Expected Results: kdeglobals should stay as it was before running kcm kdm module Here is how my kdeglobals file should have stayed [General] BrowserApplication[$e]=!firefox -new-tab XftHintStyle=hintmedium desktopFont=Ubuntu,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 fixed=Monospace,13,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 font=Ubuntu,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 menuFont=Ubuntu,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 smallestReadableFont=Ubuntu,11,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 taskbarFont=Ubuntu,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 toolBarFont=Ubuntu,11,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 widgetStyle=oxygen
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 254430 ***