Interesting.. Just finished a apt-get update && apt-get upgrade.

I selected ALL default answers to all questions. So it was No, keep existing config/settings.

I reboot. Everything seems fine. But wait. I still cannot log into KDE. It loads up to the 3rd or 4th icon, then it goes back to the login screen again.

Right now am doing a 'apt-get install kdebase' to see if this fixes everything.

Sigh!