Kde or Gnome options anfter upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10
don fisher
hdf3 at comcast.net
Fri Nov 20 20:55:22 UTC 2009
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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