installed kde4rc2.. failed miserably; help?

[wastedfluid]

Hello..

Followed the instructions to install kd4, rc2...

but I could never log in to it, so I said okay.. whatever, I'll just remove it.

I "sudo apt-get remove"'d all the packages it had installed..

When I reboot, I Just get a black screen.. I don't ever get a login manager.. it's like the computer is trying to find kde4, but can't..

I just want a way to restore kde3, and make it the main window manager..

I tried booting into recovery mode, and "Startx" and "startkde" - but that just crashes, and returns me to a prompt.

Help??

[Rog131]

Re: installed kde4rc2.. failed miserably; help?


Do you get error messages when you try to start kdm (KDE display manager) ?
In the text mode:

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

Is there errors in the Xorg.0.log. Xorg.0.log is log file for X Windowing Server. It is in /var/log/.

Just errors:

grep "(EE)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Just warnings:

grep "(WW)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

I "sudo apt-get remove"'d all the packages it had installed..

Log for dpkg is in the /var/log/dpkg.log (and dpkg.log.1, dpkg.log.2.gz, dpkg.log.3.gz). Dpkg - package manager for Debian. (apt, aptitude, adept, synaptic => dpkg)

Looking removed packages:

grep remove /var/log/dpkg.log

Links:

HOWTO : Repairing xorg.conf
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3082808.0

How to get started with no GUI
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085112.0

LinuxLogFiles
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxLogFiles