diff -up kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp.dirs kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp
--- kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp.dirs	2008-05-22 12:17:33.000000000 -0500
+++ kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp	2008-05-22 12:27:50.000000000 -0500
@@ -998,6 +998,10 @@ QStringList KStandardDirs::resourceDirs(
                     if ((local || testdir.exists()) && !candidates.contains(path))
                         candidates.append(path);
                 }
+                // UGLY HACK - forward porting Chris CHeney's HACK - Rex Dieter
+                if ( local && (!strcmp("config", type)))
+                  candidates.append("/etc/kde/");
+                //
                 local = false;
             }
         }
diff -up kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs_unix.cpp.dirs kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs_unix.cpp