I have just renamed ~/.kde/share/apps/kopete and suddenly I could open the settings again. The problem seems to be related to an entry in this directory. Since the configuration is stored in another directory you would only loose your chat history (or rather complicate the access to it).
Maybe the severity of this bug could be adjusted to "normal", since the solution is pretty straight forward and I suppose it is a rather uncommon case. Best regards Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
