Mandriva 2006 boots to CLI after updating to KDE 3.5.2

After following the instructions on http://www.linuxfordummies.org/index.php?topic=302.0
I managed to update KDE to 3.5.2. However, my laptop only boots to the CLI. If I use the command "kde" or "startx", everything loads with no problems.

I read around the web for possible reasons why this might be happening. One suggestion was that I needed to update my NVidia graphics drivers.. which I did, using the rpms from SoS. the drivers updated successfully and they load with no problems, but still Mandriva boots to CLI.

* I verified that the runlevel is "5" (If I press "Esc" during the boot process, there is a line that says "Entering runlevel 5")
* I verified that the NVidia driver loads properly (If I use "startx" I see the NVidia logo briefly)
* I also tried using the "nv" driver instead of the "nvidia" driver but still the same thing
* I used XFDrake to make sure that Madriva "Sets the graphical environment to load at boot"

Still I get the same thing.

everytime I manually load the GUI... the graphics are beautiful and I get no errors.

Am I missing something?