[tlug] Kubuntu -- KDE4 Removed

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Today's Kubuntu upgrade completely stripped KDE 4.2 from my AMD machine 
and will not allow me to reinstall it.  It says there are hardware 
issues or that _my_ vendor has chosen not to support it ... I cannot 
find any specific message that tells me which is the case.

I am being reminded of all the reasons I hate Gnome, but do not have 
time to strip my HDD and do a complete reinstall.  And, no, I don't have 
a recent image because ... well ... I was making changes and I wanted to 
include all of them in one backup ... ;-(

Short of crushing the box and starting over with new equipment, anyone 
have a suggestion for how to find out what is wrong?

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CL