Bug#600322: kde-full: There does not seem to be a way of getting kde to rum instead of gnome

[John Hunter <jmdh01@btinternet.com>]

Package: kde-full
Version: 5:64
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

The title says it all. the kde-base install does not make any attempt to undo
the gnome spaghetti so that kdm can run. The Debian soft links and other
indirections for the start up of gnome are so baroque that it is almost
impossible to unpick. The classical method for the selection of a display
manager is the use of a soft link in the /etc/X11/xinit. I think that the
Debian implementers have lost the plot here.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages kde-full depends on:
ii  kde-plasma-desktop            5:64       the KDE Plasma Desktop and minimal
ii  kde-plasma-netbook            5:64       the KDE Plasma Netbook and minimal
ii  kdeadmin                      4:4.4.5-4  system administration tools from t
ii  kdeartwork                    4:4.4.5-1  themes, styles and other artwork f
ii  kdeedu                        4:4.4.5-2  educational applications from the 
ii  kdegames                      4:4.4.5-1  games from the official KDE releas
ii  kdegraphics                   4:4.4.5-2  graphics applications from the off
ii  kdemultimedia                 4:4.4.5-1  multimedia applications from the o
ii  kdenetwork                    4:4.4.5-1  networking applications from the o
ii  kdepim                        4:4.4.6-1  Personal Information Management ap
ii  kdeplasma-addons              4:4.4.5-1  addons for Plasma
ii  kdeutils                      4:4.4.5-1  general-purpose utilities from the

Versions of packages kde-full recommends:
ii  kde-standard                  5:64       the KDE Plasma Desktop and standar
ii  kdeaccessibility              4:4.4.5-1  accessibility packages from the of
ii  kdesdk                        4:4.4.5-1  Software Development Kit from the 
ii  kdetoys                       4:4.4.5-1  desktop toys from the official KDE
ii  kdewebdev                     4:4.4.5-1  web development apps from the offi

Versions of packages kde-full suggests:
pn  kde-l10n                      <none>     (no description available)
pn  koffice                       <none>     (no description available)
ii  xorg                          1:7.5+7    X.Org X Window System

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