Mandrake 9.0 PDQ_Panic at start-up
 

After experimenting with several distributions of Linux I am going back to using Mandrake 9.0. I successfully installed it but when the KDE desktop loads there is a single icon in the top left corner labelled "PDQ_Panic" with the icon being a red circle with a black cross in it. When I click on the icon nothing happens. I can load programs using the kickbar (or whatever it's called).

My system specs are:
hda1 Windows 98 SE
hda2 Windows XP
hda6 Linux
hda7 SWAP
hdb1 General files
hdc DVD drive
hdd CD-RW drive
Graphics: ErazorIII 32mb AGP
Sound: Sound Blaster 16 PCI
Modem: v92 PCI
CPU: AMD Duron 850mhz
Memory: 256mb Dimm * 3
Mother board: SoA VIA KT133A ATX
Mouse: USB
Keyboard PS/2