aspell in kmail not working

I am running thre latest trinity kdepim 3.5.12, on Debian Squeeze 64 bit, using Wmaker WM. I get the following error when I try to spell check i kmail. "Spell/Aspell could not be started Please make sure you have ISpell or Aspell properly configured and in your PATH" Aspell is properly configured and works for other apps, it is the access to Trinity stuff in /opt that I need to fix. '/opt/trinity/bin' is in my PATH. I can start a kde app in an xterm using ie. 'kmail' Other symtoms include: 'alt+F2" run command does not use '/opt/trinity/bin' to start an app. Setting an application default for content type in Iceweasel requires full path to the kde apps, -- Peace, Greg