KDE4.x Shutdown Options

Hi!
I need some help in order to get the shutdown Options on KDE4 working again. I have Arch64 running on my Desktop as well as my Laptop and when I right click on the KDE4 Desktop and choose to "Leave..." I can choose to logout, restart or turn-off my Desktop computer. On my laptop however I only have the option to turn it off.
So I was looking into the system settings and checked the option under the session manager to show the shutdown options. But this did not change anything at all.
Then I kinda looked around for some configuration file to edit but I have no idea which one is the right one. I thought it would be the kdmrc file but I replaced that with the one from the original installation (simply moved the pacnew file over the old one and made sure it's the same as on my Desktop) but nothing changed....
Can anybody help me out with this?
Thanks in advance!

toasty_ghosty wrote:
Hello,
Installing Arch on a friends laptop. He has a laptop with 1280x800. How well does this resolution work with KDE4.2? Or do the icons and menus not "fit" well?
Thanks.
-Ghosty
Since when is it a small resolution ? No problem at all.

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