The module System Services could not be loaded

[Stew Schneider]

Something's bad wrong with this Edgy fresh installation.

1. I can't add a printer. Actually the printer that was there is gone. 
 From the KDE GUI add a printer is greyed out. localhost:631  shows two 
printers, an Epson which is really there and a Canon which is not. There 
are only generic drivers listed for the Epson, however.

2. Trying to enter System Services from the GUI gives me "The module 
System Services could not be loaded. The diagnostics is:
Possible reasons:
    an error occurred during your last KDE upgrade leaving an orphaned 
control module
You have old third party modules lying around

Check these points carefully and try to remove the module mentioned in 
the error message. If this fails, consider contacting your distributor 
or packager.

The small "Querying system service status" window hangs at 0%.

I Googled the error and found only one site mentioning it. Following the 
suggestions there, I did the following:

sudo apt-get --fix-missing update => nuttin' honey
sudo apt-get --fix-missing update => same
sudo apt-get --fix-missing update => third helping

I haven't a clue how to even begin to diagnose this one.

stew