[SOLVED] KDE4 login issues

[Patni]

Hello,

Some background: When KDE 4.0 was first released, I installed it but it messed up my settings completely, so I uninstalled it via apt-get. It did get rid of KD4 correctly, however whenever I log in now, I get the initial kubuntu progress bar and then get thrown to the command prompt without KDE starting. If at the prompt, I give the following command

startx

it starts up KDE3.5 as it should.

For academic purposes, how do I fix this so that KDE 3.5 automatically starts?

I have now installed KDE4.0.1 and Adept showed that it installed correctly. However I am still faced with the same issue as above which is I get thrown to the command prompt after I boot. How do I get into KDE4.0? Shouldnt there be a choice to what version of KDE I should be able to use?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Fintan]

Re: KDE4 login issues

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

sudo apt-get install adept

sudo apt-get install kdm

These guys are needed

[Patni]

Re: KDE4 login issues

Please pardon my ignorance, but are the packages that you mentioned below needed to run KDE4.0.1? I would have thought that when I installed via Adept, these packages would have been installed...

My aim is to have a KDE4.0.1 desktop.

[Fintan]

Re: KDE4 login issues

When you uninstalled kde4 you also uninstalled those packages.

You need them to login with a GUI (kdm) so you can choose between kde3 and kde4 and for your kde3 desktop.

[Patni]

Re: KDE4 login issues

Thanks, that solved it, it was kdm that was not installed.

Up and running with KDE4.0.1

[Fintan]

Re: KDE4 login issues

Glad to be of help and welcome to the party.

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