Bug#534195: recommends in rhythmbox package trashes kde desktops

[Philip]

first, I installed rhythmbox on a fresh kde lenny vm, and then did
"apt-get install rhythmbox".  after a reboot I see a new login screen
and I now have a gnomish desktop.

now, yes, doing "dpkg -P gnome-session" restores my kde desktop to its
former glory.

also then doing "dpkg -P desktop-base" removes the debianisation of the
kdm login screen that also got dragged in by installing rhythmbox

now everything goes back the way it was before installing rhythmbox
(except I have a few more apps now of course).

so these two packages appear to be the ones that might cause dramatic
look and feel changes and should not (IMHO) be installed just because
someone  wants one app added.

thanks, Philip

Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> Philip wrote:
>> Just to clarify....
>> to recover from the situation I did something like
>> dpkg -l |grep gnome
>> and deleted all of the gnome packages
> 
> Can you try again and once half of GNOME has been installed, remove gnome-session?
>