I'm not sure when it broke, but my KDE 3.3.2 seems to have developed some problems. The control panel started coming up empty, and when I logged out and logged back in, all the apps were missing too. When I created a new user, that user had the same problems, so this seems system wide and not corrupted user configs.
So I used aptitude to remove kde entirely. I then tried to re-install (several times) and it fails each time, with unpacking errors in two packages. kdebase-data fails while unpacking /usr/share/wallpapers/fulmine.jpg -- it claims that the file is also in package kdewallpapers kicker fails while unpacking /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps/kmenu.png -- it claims that the file is also in package kdelibs-data kdebase can't be configured because of problems with kdebase-data and kicker. kde-core can't be configured because of problems with kdebase. kcontrol can't be configured because of problems with kdebase-data konquerer can't be confgiured becuase of problems with kcontrol The problem is not that the two files it's trying to overwrite already exist. If I delete them (kmenu.png and fulmine.jpg), and then re-install, I get the same errors, even though those files are not actually physically present. As near as I can figure out, the problem is that they exist in two packages, and that's what upsets aptitude. For what it's worth, apt-get does the same thing. I've running a moderately fresh installation of Sarge -- I lost a system disk last month and installed everything then. KDE worked fine at that time. It doesn't *seem* like a problem with my setup, but it could be. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
