$ kdesu displayconfig X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resourc e id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device kbuildsycoca running... Reusing existing ksycoca kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : basket_config_features.desktop kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : basket_config_notes.desktop kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : /usr/share/applications/kde/kbarcode-label.desktop kio (KSycoca): ERROR: No database available! Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/displayconfig", line 1720, in displayapp = DisplayApp() File "/usr/bin/displayconfig", line 441, in __init__ self.xsetup = XSetup(self.xconfigpath) File "/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 72, in __init__ self.xorg_config = xorgconfig .readConfig(xorg_config_filename) File "/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/xorgconfig.py", line 657, in readConfig raise ParseException,"Unknown line type '%s' on line %i" % (first,line) xorgconfig.ParseException: Unknown line type 'section' on line 61 Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport_python_hook.py", line 44, in apport_excepthook binary = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwdu(), sys.argv[0])) IndexError : list index out of range Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/displayconfig", line 1720, in displayapp = DisplayApp() File "/usr/bin/displayconfig", line 441, in __init__ self.xsetup = XSetup(self.xconfigpath) File "/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 72, in __init__ self.xorg_config = xorgconfig.readConfig(xorg_config_filename) File "/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/xorgconfig.py", line 657, in readConfig raise ParseException,"Unknown line type '%s' on line %i" % (first,line) xorgconfig . ParseException : Unknown line type 'section' on line 61 $ And program terminated w/o any GUI window. $kdesu kcmshell displayconfig X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device kbuildsycoca running... Pythonize constructor -- pid = 7550 Python interpreter initialized! Pythonize constructor -- pid = 7550 Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 8, in kcontrol_bridge_create_displayconfig File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/displayconfig.py", line 1698, in create_displayconfig return DisplayApp(parent, name) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/displayconfig.py", line 441, in __init__ self.xsetup = XSetup(self.xconfigpath) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 72, in __init__ self.xorg_config = xorgconfig.readConfig(xorg_config_filename) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/xorgconfig.py", line 657, in readConfig raise ParseException,"Unknown line type '%s' on line %i" % (first,line) xorgconfig . ParseException : Unknown line type 'section' on line 61 Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport_python_hook.py", line 44, in apport_excepthook binary = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwdu(), sys.argv[0])) AttributeError : 'module' object has no attribute 'argv' Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 8, in kcontrol_bridge_create_displayconfig File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/displayconfig.py", line 1698, in create_displayconfig return DisplayApp(parent, name) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/displayconfig.py", line 441, in __init__ self.xsetup = XSetup(self.xconfigpath) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 72, in __init__ self.xorg_config = xorgconfig.readConfig(xorg_config_filename) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/xorgconfig.py", line 657, in readConfig raise ParseException,"Unknown line type '%s' on line %i" % (first,line) xorgconfig . ParseException : Unknown line type 'section' on line 61 error: *** runFunction failure ; And I see the same window (see my attachment in previous post).