[ale] KDE problems Rehat 9.0 upgrade

[mnmagee at earthlink.net (Matthew Magee)]

Hi folks!
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I upgraded from RedHat 8.0 to 9.0 this morning, and 
have run into a little problem.?? When I try to start a KDE session I 
get:
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rm: cannot remove '.' or '..'
rm: cannot remove '.' or '..'
startkde?? starting up
/usr/bin/startkde: line 227: 1147 segmentation 
fault?????? ksplash
/usr/bin/startkde: line 231: 1148 semnetation 
fault?? LB_BIND.NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify
startkde could not start kdeinit check your 
configuration
warning: connect () failed: no such file or 
directory
/usr.bin/startkde: line 248: 1150 segmentation 
fault kwrapper kmserve $KDE_WM
startkde: shutting down
warning: connect () failed:??no such file or 
directory
error?? can't contact kdeinit
startkde: running shutdown scripts
startkde: done
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I wrote down the output quickly, so I am sure I 
didn't get all the spaces and caps exactly right.
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This affects all users.?? Gnome works, but I 
can't use any of my favorite KDE apps. :(
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Has anyone encountered this, or point me in the 
right direction? 
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I am not really in the mood to reinstall, but I 
always did before, and have had??no problems.