> Thank you, everyone who offered suggestions and observations. I've got > KDE working, basically by using aptitude to remove the remaining bits > of gnome, and then (re)installing the kde meta-packages. > Just for amusement, try installing icewm too, and see how a WM that loads in about a tenth of the time feels to you. And then you could move on... ...better not start that war again. :-) -- richard