my file system is reiserfs, could it just be a filesystem problem? i tried to downgrade to kde 2.2 (the one in woody) and while it was trying to remove my current kde packages, it gave these errors:
dpkg: error processing konqueror (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/services/konqueror_config.desktop': Permission denied dpkg: error processing kdebase-bin (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/services/kxkb.desktop': Permission denied dpkg: error processing kdebase-kio-plugins (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/services/fish.protocol': Permission denied dpkg: error processing kdeprint (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/services/print.protocol': Permission denied dpkg: error processing khelpcenter (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/services/khelpcenter.desktop': Permission denied dpkg: error processing konsole (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/services/kwrited.desktop': Permission denied dpkg: error processing kview (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/servicetypes/kimageviewercanvas.desktop': Permission denied dpkg: kfind: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: konqueror depends on kfind; however: Package kfind is to be removed. dpkg: error processing kfind (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/services/kfindpart.desktop': Permission denied dpkg: libkonq4: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: kfind depends on libkonq4 (>= 4:3.1.4); however: Package libkonq4 is to be removed. konqueror depends on libkonq4 (>= 4:3.1.4); however: Package libkonq4 is to be removed. dpkg: error processing libkonq4 (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/servicetypes/konqpopupmenuplugin.desktop': Permission denied dpkg: kate: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: konqueror depends on kate (>= 4:3.1.4). dpkg: error processing kate (--remove): cannot remove `/usr/share/servicetypes/kateplugin.desktop': Permission denied dpkg: kcontrol: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: konqueror depends on kcontrol; however: Package kcontrol is to be removed. dpkg: error processing kcontrol (--remove): failed to rmdir/unlink `/usr/share/services/useragentstrings/wgetoncurrent.desktop.dpkg-tmp': Permission denied Errors were encountered while processing: konqueror kdebase-bin kdebase-kio-plugins kdeprint khelpcenter konsole kview kfind libkonq4 kate kcontrol E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)