On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Robin Atwood <robin.atw...@attglobal.net> wrote: > My first attempt at installing KDE 4.2 so trashed my desktop I had to perform > a general restore to remove all traces of it. I have a completely current > 3.5.10 system running, so I thought I would get a situation where I could > choose which system to login to. In fact, on my second attempt, I get my > original KDM 3.5 login screen and no new options and when I login I do get my > original desktop environment, albeit with corrupt konqueror tool bars. Any > ideas how to enable KDM 4.2 and get the new desktop?
In my case I uninstalled KDE 3 completely before trying to install KDE 4.2. Also make sure your xdm has kde-4.2 so it uses the new KDM.