On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:02:34 -0400, Peter Browry wrote:
> Hi there:
>
> After I installed the recent security updates, KDE disappeared
> as an option from the login screen. Now I can use other window managers
> installed, e.g. gnome, but not KDE.
>
> What exactly happened?

Since you provided no information, I have no idea.
I have all updates installed and it works for me.

What release of Mandriva/Mandrake are you running?

Show us the results from the following:
grep updates /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg

> How can I fix this problem, ie hwo can I load KDE?

I would try
urpmi --wget --update --auto-update --auto

Maybe an easy fix if there are some error messages we could look at.

First thing I would try is creating a test account, say junk.
Log into junk and verify it does not work. If junk is broke you know
it is a system wide problem. If so, I would set the system to boot to
run level 3, by changing
id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault: in /etc/inittab


log into your user account, and do a
startx > /tmp/xlog 2>&1
then you might see what is in /tmp/xlog

Read the last 4 lines of this reply, I'll wait. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Next to last resort,
grep '\[RPM\]' /var/log/messages

and unstall the packages installed and install the removed packages.

I assume you have a current backup, a restore procedure, have verified backup
media contains your needed files, and the restore procedure works.

Last resort,
Format and reinstall.
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