Index: plasmaapp.cpp
===================================================================
--- plasmaapp.cpp       (revision 738849)
+++ plasmaapp.cpp       (working copy)
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@
 Colormap colormap = 0;
 Visual *visual = 0;

-void checkComposite()
+bool checkComposite()
 {
     dpy = XOpenDisplay(0); // open default display
     if (!dpy) {
         kError() << "Cannot connect to the X server" << endl;
-        return;
+        return true;
     }

     int screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
@@ -83,20 +83,19 @@
     kDebug() << (colormap ? "Plasma has an argb visual" : "Plasma lacks an argb visual") << visual << colormap;
     kDebug() << ((KWindowSystem::compositingActive() && colormap) ? "Plasma can use COMPOSITE for effects"
                                                                     : "Plasma is COMPOSITE-less") << "on" << dpy;
+    return true;
 }

 PlasmaApp* PlasmaApp::self()
 {
     if (!kapp) {
-        checkComposite();
-        return new PlasmaApp(dpy, visual ? Qt::HANDLE(visual) : 0, colormap ? Qt::HANDLE(colormap) : 0);
+        return new PlasmaApp();
     }
-
     return qobject_cast<PlasmaApp*>(kapp);
 }

-PlasmaApp::PlasmaApp(Display* display, Qt::HANDLE visual, Qt::HANDLE colormap)
-    : KUniqueApplication(display, visual, colormap),
+PlasmaApp::PlasmaApp()
+    : KUniqueApplication(checkComposite() ? dpy : dpy, visual ? Qt::HANDLE(visual) : 0, colormap ? Qt::HANDLE(colormap) : 0),
       m_root(0),
       m_corona(0)
 {
Index: plasmaapp.h
===================================================================
--- plasmaapp.h (revision 738849)
+++ plasmaapp.h (working copy)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     void setCrashHandler();

 private:
-    PlasmaApp(Display* display, Qt::HANDLE visual, Qt::HANDLE colormap);
+    PlasmaApp();
     static void crashHandler(int signal);
     void createPanels();