diff --git a/konsole/konsole/konsole.cpp b/konsole/konsole/konsole.cpp
index 973e17abe..2af5da9ea 100644
--- a/konsole/konsole/konsole.cpp
+++ b/konsole/konsole/konsole.cpp
@@ -1634,9 +1634,15 @@ void Konsole::readProperties(KConfig* config, const TQString &schema, bool globa
       if (te) {
         if (sch->useTransparency())
         {
-           if (!rootxpms[te])
-             rootxpms.insert( te, new KRootPixmap(te) );
-           rootxpms[te]->setFadeEffect(sch->tr_x(), TQColor(sch->tr_r(), sch->tr_g(), sch->tr_b()));
+          if (!argb_visual) {
+             if (!rootxpms[te])
+               rootxpms.insert( te, new KRootPixmap(te) );
+             rootxpms[te]->setFadeEffect(sch->tr_x(), TQColor(sch->tr_r(), sch->tr_g(), sch->tr_b()));
+          }
+          else {
+            te->setBlendColor(tqRgba(sch->tr_r(), sch->tr_g(), sch->tr_b(), int(sch->tr_x() * 255)));
+            te->setErasePixmap( TQPixmap() ); // make sure any background pixmap is unset
+          }
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/konsole/konsole/konsole_part.cpp b/konsole/konsole/konsole_part.cpp
index 1887d7373..b5463f8fb 100644
--- a/konsole/konsole/konsole_part.cpp
+++ b/konsole/konsole/konsole_part.cpp
@@ -586,11 +586,17 @@ void konsolePart::readProperties()
   te->setColorTable(sch->table()); //FIXME: set twice here to work around a bug
 
   if (sch->useTransparency()) {
-    if (!rootxpm)
-      rootxpm = new KRootPixmap(TQT_TQWIDGET(te));
-    rootxpm->setFadeEffect(sch->tr_x(), TQColor(sch->tr_r(), sch->tr_g(), sch->tr_b()));
-    rootxpm->start();
-    rootxpm->tqrepaint(true);
+    if (!argb_visual) {
+      if (!rootxpm)
+        rootxpm = new KRootPixmap(TQT_TQWIDGET(te));
+      rootxpm->setFadeEffect(sch->tr_x(), TQColor(sch->tr_r(), sch->tr_g(), sch->tr_b()));
+      rootxpm->start();
+      rootxpm->tqrepaint(true);
+    }
+    else {
+      te->setBlendColor(tqRgba(sch->tr_r(), sch->tr_g(), sch->tr_b(), int(sch->tr_x() * 255)));
+      te->setErasePixmap( TQPixmap() ); // make sure any background pixmap is unset
+    }
   }
   else {
     if (rootxpm) {
@@ -774,11 +780,17 @@ void konsolePart::setSchema(ColorSchema* s)
   te->setColorTable(s->table()); //FIXME: set twice here to work around a bug
 
   if (s->useTransparency()) {
-    if (!rootxpm)
-      rootxpm = new KRootPixmap(TQT_TQWIDGET(te));
-    rootxpm->setFadeEffect(s->tr_x(), TQColor(s->tr_r(), s->tr_g(), s->tr_b()));
-    rootxpm->start();
-    rootxpm->tqrepaint(true);
+    if (!argb_visual) {
+      if (!rootxpm)
+        rootxpm = new KRootPixmap(TQT_TQWIDGET(te));
+      rootxpm->setFadeEffect(s->tr_x(), TQColor(s->tr_r(), s->tr_g(), s->tr_b()));
+      rootxpm->start();
+      rootxpm->tqrepaint(true);
+    }
+    else {
+      te->setBlendColor(tqRgba(s->tr_r(), s->tr_g(), s->tr_b(), int(s->tr_x() * 255)));
+      te->setErasePixmap( TQPixmap() ); // make sure any background pixmap is unset
+    }
   }
   else {
     if (rootxpm) {
diff --git a/konsole/konsole/main.cpp b/konsole/konsole/main.cpp
index 1d0fdbb48..1f40e8c14 100644
--- a/konsole/konsole/main.cpp
+++ b/konsole/konsole/main.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ extern "C" int KDE_EXPORT kdemain(int argc, char* argv[])
   a = new KApplication(KApplication::openX11RGBADisplay());
   argb_visual = a->isX11CompositionAvailable();
 #else
-  KApplication* a = new KApplication;
+  a = new KApplication;
 #endif
 
   TQString dataPathBase = KStandardDirs::kde_default("data").append("konsole/");