did you try 'startx'? And btw, upgrades or dist-upgrades should be done without kde running (or gnome etc.). '/etc/init.d/kdm stop', log in as root and then 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade'. Otherwise you are going to upgrade packages that are running at the time and you can often break things this way. Also, if you are using a ATI or nvidia card with proprietary drivers, you will need to re-install the driver if X or the kernel is upgraded.
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Richard Carter <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have been running debian 6.0 testing on a desktop with an amd64 > processor. Before shutting down last night I used synaptic to check for and > install upgrades: many were installed. > > This morning kde won't start. When I boot the system goes into what I > interpret as "terminal mode". When I type in "startkde" as user I get > "DISPLAY is not set or cannot to the X server". When I type "startkde" as > su I get: > ------ Kaboom Settings Dump------ > kdehome - "/root/.kde" - exists? YES > kde4 - "/root/kde4" - exists? NO > kdebackup - "/root/kde3-backup" exists? NO > kdestamp = "/root/.local/kaboom" exists? NO > kaboom log - "/root/.kaboom.log" > --------------------------------------------------- > kaboom cannot connect to X server > > I tried using apt-get to install kde but was told the newest version was > all ready installed. > > Fortunately I already have a recent backup. I have downloaded debian > 6.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso and I'm considering re-installing. Does anyone > have a better idea? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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