Not sure about this, but KSplashML's documentation lists it as a binary replacement for ksplash, and explicitly states it will overwrite the current ksplash binaries. However. It puts the binaries, and the applnk directories in /usr/ hierach, instead of /usr/kde/3/. Regards, Bryn / Curious. See also this post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=16182
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