diff -ur kdebase-workspace-4.0.3/startkde.cmake kdebase-workspace-4.0.3-redhat-startkde/startkde.cmake
--- kdebase-workspace-4.0.3/startkde.cmake	2008-03-27 21:34:53.000000000 +0100
+++ kdebase-workspace-4.0.3-redhat-startkde/startkde.cmake	2008-04-09 18:33:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-# Set the background to plain grey.
+# Set the background to the Red Hat default
 # The standard X background is nasty, causing moire effects and exploding
 # people's heads. We use colours from the standard KDE palette for those with
 # palettised displays.
 if test -z "$XDM_MANAGED" || echo "$XDM_MANAGED" | grep ",auto" > /dev/null; then
-  xsetroot -solid "#000000"
+  xsetroot -solid "#103D77"
 fi
 
 # we have to unset this for Darwin since it will screw up KDE's dynamic-loading
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@
 kcmrandrrc [Screen3]
 kcmfonts General forceFontDPI 0
 EOF
+# read the default KSplash theme to use out of kde-settings
+if [ -e /usr/share/kde-settings/kde-profile/default/share/config/ksplashrc ]
+  then eval `grep '^Theme=' /usr/share/kde-settings/kde-profile/default/share/config/ksplashrc`
+       if [ -n "$Theme" ]
+         then sed -i -e "s/Default/$Theme/g" $kdehome/share/config/startupconfigkeys
+       fi
+fi
 kstartupconfig4
 if test $? -ne 0; then
     xmessage -geometry 500x100 "Could not start kstartupconfig4. Check your installation."
@@ -182,8 +189,9 @@
 # better use the Autostart folder.
 
 libpath=`kde4-config --path lib | tr : '\n'`
+envpath=/etc/kde/env/
 
-for prefix in `echo "$libpath" | sed -n -e 's,/lib[^/]*/,/env/,p'`; do
+for prefix in `echo "$libpath" | sed -n -e 's,/lib[^/]*/,/env/,p'` $envpath ; do
   for file in "$prefix"*.sh; do
     test -r "$file" && . "$file"
   done
@@ -387,7 +395,8 @@
 echo 'startkde: Running shutdown scripts...'  1>&2
 
 # Run scripts found in $KDEDIRS/shutdown
-for prefix in `echo "$libpath" | sed -n -e 's,/lib[^/]*/,/shutdown/,p'`; do
+shutdownpath=/etc/kde/shutdown/
+for prefix in `echo "$libpath" | sed -n -e 's,/lib[^/]*/,/shutdown/,p'` $shutdownpath; do
   for file in `ls "$prefix" 2> /dev/null | egrep -v '(~|\.bak)$'`; do
     test -x "$prefix$file" && "$prefix$file"
   done