Index: kwin/kcmkwin/kwinoptions/windows.cpp
===================================================================
--- kwin/kcmkwin/kwinoptions/windows.cpp.orig
+++ kwin/kcmkwin/kwinoptions/windows.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <kprocess.h>
 #include <qtabwidget.h>
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <X11/X.h>
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
@@ -1524,6 +1525,8 @@ void KTranslucencyConfig::load( void )
   movingWindowOpacity->setEnabled(movingWindowTransparency->isChecked());
   dockWindowOpacity->setEnabled(dockWindowTransparency->isChecked());
 
+  if( !QFile::exists( QDir::homeDirPath() + "/.xcompmgrrc" ))
+    system( "/bin/cp /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/xcompmgrrc $HOME/.xcompmgrrc" );
   KConfig conf_(QDir::homeDirPath() + "/.xcompmgrrc");
   conf_.setGroup("xcompmgr");
   
Index: kwin/kompmgr/kompmgr.c
===================================================================
--- kwin/kompmgr/kompmgr.c.orig
+++ kwin/kompmgr/kompmgr.c
@@ -2431,6 +2431,8 @@ loadConfig(char *filename){
 
 		strcat(filename, home);
 		strcat(filename, configfile);
+                if( access( filename, R_OK ) != 0 )
+                    system( "/bin/cp /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/xcompmgrrc $HOME/.xcompmgrrc" );
 	}
 
 	printf("trying '%s' as configfile\n\n", filename);