Kde or Gnome options anfter upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10

[don fisher]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> 
> --- On *Fri, 11/20/09, Richard E. Barmann /<reb68 at bellsouth.net>/* wrote:
> 
> 
>     From: Richard E. Barmann <reb68 at bellsouth.net>
>     Subject: Re: Kde or Gnome options anfter upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10
>     To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>     <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>     Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 2:23 PM
> 
>     Steve wrote:
>>     On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:50 -0000, don fisher <hdf3 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>       
>>>     I used to be able to select KDE or gnome or even fvwm from the login
>>>     screen on startup. That capability appears to not be available after my
>>>     upgrade. Do I need to do more than the ubuntu upgrade to retain these
>>>     options, or is something else broken?
>>>
>>>     Thanks
>>>     don
>>>
>>>
>>>         
>>     There should be a series of options along the bottom of the screen after  
>>     you’ve clicked on your user name, Language, Keyboard then Session.
>>
>>       
>     I had no trouble upgrading to 9.10 but I also lost my Kubuntu. It
>     shows that all the files are there and KDE is listed in the drop
>     down "Sessions" menu along with xfrc (sic). I can open ubuntu and
>     the other OS xfrc but not KDE. I and a friend have been working on
>     that since 9.10 was released. Any hel would be appreciated.
>     Dick
> 
>     Just to get kde back, try installing kubuntu-desktop or if shows as
>     installed then reinstall it.
> 
>     sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
>     or if nothing happens or errors show
>     sudo aptitude reinstall kubuntu-desktop
> 
>     If none of that helps:
> 
>     sudo aptitude -f install  (do this a few time especially if you see
>     erors in the output)
>     Then
>     sudo dpkg  --configure -a
> 
>     Hope that fixes you up.
>     Leonard Chatagnier
>     lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
I noticed that gdm is in /usr/sbin, while kdm is in /usr/bin. In 9.04 
they were both in /usr/sbin. Is this correct?
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