kmail crash on tde-14, NM backend error

upgraded my debian wheezy to r14 about a month ago with no problems. after a couple of hardware related crashes (now fixed) I lost my kmail. trying to run it from console I get the following message: ............ [TDE NM Backend ERROR] [/build/buildd/tdelibs-trinity-14.0.0-r1231/tdecore/tdehw/networkbackends/network-manager/network-manager.cpp:1823] Attempting to access the network-manager VPN service returned: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.VPN.Plugin was not provided by any .service files [kcrash] TDECrash: Application 'kmail' crashing... ERROR: Communication problem with kmail, it probably crashed. ............................ I have tried to reinstall as much of nm and tde as possible, can't shake the error. any aiedas? thanks in advance, d.