> > I tried removing kgtk-qt3-trinity first and, lo and behold, it solved
> > the problem.  Why would that be? Thanks - John
>
> This is very odd.  Slavek, do we need to blacklist that package on
> Debian/Ubuntu at this point?
I only want to remind that I almost exactly the same problem on Squeeze (couldn't start TDE 
because of gtk integration). The problem: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::3668
And the solution: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::3670

Janek