Re: kdeinit and ksmserver won't start

[Jerry Dimitriou <jerouris@netsmart.gr>]

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> After trashing my .kderc directory in a vain attempt to reset KDE, I have
> lost all ability to use X.
>
> When I startx, the graphic Liquid splash screen pops up.  Two dialogs
> appear in order: Cannot start kdeinit and cannot start the ksmserver.  Then
> I am dumped back into the console.
>
> I've tried deleting as many KDE apps and libraries as I could and then
> re-installing them.  No luck.  I think I need to delete the entire KDE
> distribution and reinstall from the beginning.
>
> I hope someone has ideas about how to expedite this process.  Anyone?
>
> Bob

This looks like something is not installed... Are you sure you have  
kdebase,kdebase-bin,kdelibs and kdelibs-bin installed.

try:

apt-get install kdebase kdebase-bin kdelibs kdelibs-bin

and see if something is missing

Jerry
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