can't start kde, can't start ksmserver

[Christopher J. Bottaro]

Blah, I fixed it rather unintelligently:
apt-get remove ksmserver (this will also remove kubuntu-desktop)
apt-get install ksmserver kubuntu-desktop

It kinda upsets me that I don't know what went wrong and if it will go wrong
again in the future.  Oh well.

-- C

Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:

> Any ideas?  I can't use my computer because of this...
> 
> I deleted /var/tmp/kdecache-<user> and /tmp/kde-<user>
> and /tmp/ksocket-<user> as per some instructions on the internet.  I also
> moved $HOME/.kde to $HOME/.kde.bak.  Nothing has worked.
> 
> To reiterate, when I start KDE, it makes it half way through the splash
> screen progression, then I get an X dialog saying something about
> ksmserver
> can't start, please check my installation.  ksmserver exists and is in my
> path.
> 
> Kubuntu is really frustrating me.  I'm trying so hard to use it because
> it's suppose to be *the* KDE distro, but so far in my experiences, Fedora
> Core 2-5 + the kde-redhat project has been far superior as a KDE distro.
> 
> Please help me out, I don't want to ditch Kubuntu for a third time...:(
> 
> -- C
> 
> Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
> 
>> I installed apollon and some gift stuff via apt-get, then the next time I
>> rebooted my computer, kde wouldn't start, complaining about ksmserver not
>> starting.  I'm running dapper, fully upgraded.
>> 
>> Any ideas?  Thanks for the help.