-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > After trashing my .kderc directory in a vain attempt to reset KDE, I have > lost all ability to use X. > > When I startx, the graphic Liquid splash screen pops up. Two dialogs > appear in order: Cannot start kdeinit and cannot start the ksmserver. Then > I am dumped back into the console. > > I've tried deleting as many KDE apps and libraries as I could and then > re-installing them. No luck. I think I need to delete the entire KDE > distribution and reinstall from the beginning. > > I hope someone has ideas about how to expedite this process. Anyone? > > Bob
This looks like something is not installed... Are you sure you have kdebase,kdebase-bin,kdelibs and kdelibs-bin installed. try: apt-get install kdebase kdebase-bin kdelibs kdelibs-bin and see if something is missing Jerry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9o5pYhDaJ7BNOdRURAvNhAKDS4Uc4tmZxkSfZFKgKBUtaY6hkvwCdHZ66 8DTiPzr5y3RjSXIU7xkQ2b0= =cW9Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

