[Wlug] KDE died on me

[vze284qe at verizon.net]

Hello,

KDE 3.5.9 died on me. I installed some updates via the adept updater and
after rebooting, I get dropped into run-level 3 (which I actually
prefer). When I type startkde, which is in /usr/bin, I get the following
errors:

Xsetroot : unable to open display ''
Xset : unable to open display ""
Xsetroot : unable to open display ''
Startkde : Starting up. . .
Startkde : Running kpersonalizer. . .
Kwin : X server can not connect to
Kpersonalizer can not connect to X server :
Kpersonalizer can not connect to X server :
Kpersonalizer can not connect to X server : 

If I type startx instead, the gnome window manager starts up fine.

Any ideas??? I really prefer KDE.

Thanks,
-- 
-Chuck