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[arielby]

I wanted to use KDE with my new debian (formatting windows), so i told Netinst to install Normal Installation only.
I installed KDE via apt (apt-get install kde kdm) then restarted, but bash starts up isntead of KDE (he shows the Starting KDE Display Manager (kdm) message).
Now i'm left with an Console-Only Debian and a Windows that crashes randomally (luckily Firefox has that "Restore Session" function).

[geniuz]

You'll also have to install the x-server:
apt-get install xserver-xorg xorg

After that you can install kde and kdm...everything should work fine afterwards

[devils casper]

Is FireFox working fine? If it is then X Server has been installed already.
Does this code installs any package?

apt-get install kde-core

Whats the output of startx command?

[arielby]

GNOME working fine, but KDE continues to be problematic...

[bidi]

GNOME working fine, but KDE continues to be problematic...

How? What does it do?

If you did a basic install, the xserver isn't installed. You need to install the xserver before installing any desktop, or else the installation/setup will screw itself up. I've done it a few times, myself. Try reinstalling the KDE packages... or you might want to reinstall Debian completely.

[devils casper]

That means X Server has been installed and working fine.
Execute this

apt-get install kde-core

[arielby]

I tried, but it still don't work.

[devils casper]

Does Debian throw any error when you select KDE Session at Login Manager Screen?

[arielby]

I don't get the screen.

I installed KDM, selected it as Default, but it still loads into GNOME

[devils casper]

Execute this

dpkg-reconfigure kdm

Select kdm. Does KDM appear on reboot?

If you want to use KDE, it doesn't matter whether you use KDM or GDM. Both of these give option to select any installed DE. Have you tried to select KDE in Session Tab at Login Screen.