Hello Gene, > Seems to be a well know documented bug: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182104 > > Workaround from comment 11: > > Add the following line: > EffectsEnabled=false > to the end of the file: > ~/.kde/share/config/kslideshow.kssrc I am also affected by this bug. Thanks a lot for this workaround. Cheers, Volker