Index: tdecore/kconfigbackend.cpp
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--- tdecore/kconfigbackend.cpp.orig
+++ tdecore/kconfigbackend.cpp
@@ -352,7 +352,11 @@ bool KConfigINIBackEnd::parseConfigFiles
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
     TQString etc_kderc = TQFile::decodeName( TQCString(getenv("WINDIR")) + "\\kderc" );
 #else
-    TQString etc_kderc = TQString::tqfromLatin1("/etc/kderc");
+    TQString etc_kderc;
+    if (checkAccess(TQString::tqfromLatin1("/etc/tderc"), R_OK))
+       etc_kderc = TQString::tqfromLatin1("/etc/tderc");
+    else
+       etc_kderc = TQString::tqfromLatin1("/etc/kde3rc");
 #endif
 
     if (checkAccess(etc_kderc, R_OK))