> HOWEVER attempting to restart kdm it failed prompting that "Greeter > plugin was not configured", so was unable to enter an X session (gdm is > also installed but not configured to run).
You probably let kdebase-workspace-bin be uninstalled during upgrade. Please *read* what you let aptitude do. /Sune > > I tried removing it and then re-installing it - no change - still > prompts for this message > > I tried running genkdmconf with selecting the /etc/kde3 old path and > with selecting no old kde as two separate attempts. Both times, no > change. > > I then ran dpkg-reconfigure gdm and made it the default display manager. > When it started, it asked me if I wanted to use kde.desktop as my > session. I said yes, but it just hung my machine solid. I was unable > to use Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill X, and I was unable to Ctrl-Alt-Del to > reboot. Only way to shut machine down was to remove power. > > I am now writing this e-mail by installing Gnome-Desktop, and then > running kmail (1.11.2 from KDE 4.2.2). All my old mails are intact, and > the dates seem correct (although the threading - or rather lack of it - > setting on one of my local folders does not seem remembered). > > I am not sure where to go now. I would like to get back my kde session. > I guess the first problem is to understand why kdm is generating this > error message > -- > Alan Chandler > http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
