--- kdelibs-3.5.7/kdecore/kapplication.cpp.orig	2007-05-20 22:04:53.000000000 +0200
+++ kdelibs-3.5.7/kdecore/kapplication.cpp	2007-05-20 22:38:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -774,6 +774,12 @@
 
 void KApplication::init(bool GUIenabled)
 {
+  if (getuid() == 0) { 
+    setenv("ICEAUTHORITY", "/root/.ICEauthority", 0); 
+    setenv("KDEROOTHOME", "/root/.kde", 0); 
+    setenv("HOME", "/root", 1); 
+  } 
+
   d->guiEnabled = GUIenabled;
   if ((getuid() != geteuid()) ||
       (getgid() != getegid()))