Long time no post.....latest updates on synaptic lose kde, boots me to Gnome

[bigsite]

  first, hello to all you hard working pclos staff.  I have not posted in probably over 2 years, but still am a die hard PCLOS desktop lover.

Unfortunately,  I have a problem that is leading to this post.   I did a huge update including some new kde files via Synaptic.   I was forced into a reboot last evening for a desktop error, but on load the GUI takes me to a new login screen for PCLOS Gnome?  I was kind of stunned as I have used KDE and kde 4 for about 10 years now....primarily with PCLOS (thanks again team).  ( need to make another repo donation too).  Anyway,  have been with PCLOS so long have been dinking around with usual fix-its on command line, but can't seem to start kde as system keeps saying X server is already running and other issues.  I am in the country where Internet is dog slow, so downloading latest .iso to run a repair install is about 2 days away....however not a horrible option.  But, thought I would hint to the great people here and get more than just my head's ideas going to fix this quicker.   

So, any ideas and I will be happy to try anything you all might have in your suggestion thoughts on this one....thanks.  Typed btw on my galaxy note.....nice tablet/phone combo

[aguila]

Hi bigsite,

nice you showed up and nice to know there are so many more people using this great OS than come to the forums.

First question here always is:

Did you do a full update? and when was the previous update before that? If you don't update at least once a month (or more often) you might break the system (or better the updates might do it for you).

Any output during boot that might help to track down the problem?

[bigsite]

 

Well, dmsg...init stuff, x11 all didn't hint at anything....and, if I try to login to Gnome I get kicked out to login screen as fast as it comes up.