--- qt-x11-free-3.1.0-b2/src/tools/qsettings.cpp.orig	2004-08-05 18:41:55 +0400
+++ qt-x11-free-3.1.0-b2/src/tools/qsettings.cpp	2004-08-18 21:06:35 +0400
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static inline int qt_open( const char *p
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_SETTINGS
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "qdir.h"
 #include "qfile.h"
 #include "qfileinfo.h"
@@ -462,7 +463,11 @@ QSettingsPrivate::QSettingsPrivate( QSet
     Q_UNUSED( format );
 #endif
 
-    QString appSettings(QDir::homeDirPath() + "/.qt/");
+    QString appSettings(QDir::homeDirPath() + "/.qt3/");
+    QString settings_dir( getenv("QT_SETTINGS_DIR") );
+    if ( !settings_dir.isEmpty() ){
+	    appSettings = settings_dir;
+    }
     QString defPath;
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
 #ifdef Q_OS_TEMP