I've recently tried to update to KDE3.3.2 from 3.2.3 on Slackware 10.

These are the steps I've taken to update:

get slackware packages from KDE.org
created a directory ~/kdepack where I downloaded the packages to
logged out of X to CLI
ran pkgtool to add packages from current directory (~/kdepack)

update seemed to go fine, then back in X, I decided to remove the old kde packages.
I assumed that I could remove all the 3.2.3 packages as long as I had 3.3.2 of the same installed.

After trying to startx, this error is produced:

obviously KDE doesn't start and this leaves me at a CLI prompt.

The update had worked fine (updated splash screen/version shows) until I had tried to remove the old packages. Any suggestions, fixes, or reasons why removing the old packages causes this?

Thanks in advance.

updatedb
locate startkde
change the appropriate line in you x config file or add this directory to your $PATH

updatedb gave this error:

I'm going to attempt to reinstall the new version of KDE and hope it fixes a few problems.

I also noticed that a lot of the custom icons are gone from the K menu, and file associations are wrong.