Quote Originally Posted by psoleko
hmmm thanks. I think I am on the right track, I pointed it to /etc/kde3/kdm although that might be wrong. It still won't boot into KDE but I might just have it pointing to the wrong place. Back to work
That would be incorrect then.
Code:
HappyTux:/home/stephen# cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
/usr/bin/kdm
You should change it to this, here are a couple of other things to check.

Code:
HappyTux:/home/stephen# update-alternatives --display x-session-manager
x-session-manager - status is auto.
 link currently points to /usr/bin/startkde
/usr/bin/startkde - priority 40
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/startkde.
HappyTux:/home/stephen# cat .wmrc
kde3
You would need to use --config in the line if you need to change the session manager and you can just create the .wmrc in your home directory if it does not exist. If none of these work then try apt-get --reinstall install kdm to try and get back the default settings.