Hi tim :)
a few thing's :
1) why shut down linux ? Leave in always on...i do... :)
2) login as root and cp .Xdefaults /home/user_home_dir
3)if this does not work , Xconfigurator again and set the x-server
params again
good luck :)
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On 6/17/00, 5:48:42 PM, "TK Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
[expert] Help me: I am Locked OUT!:
> Something really weird is going on. This is sort of a continuing
message
> from my last post about JBuilder. So I installed JBuilder last
night, then
> turn my computer off. This morning I turned it on and somehow my run
level
> was set to 3. Weird, I thought, anyways I logged in and startx'ed but
it
> wouldn't go into X. It said something about 'i don't have authority
on
> Xauthority' and it's failed to connect to X server.
> So I changed the runlevel to 5 and reboot. Now it boot to X and I
have the
> Helix Gnome login, but can't log in. after user id and password with
Enter,
> the screen will go blank and shoot right back to the login screen. So
I log
> in as root which is fine. What's going on? Did I get some kinda
> hack-attack? although my machine is behind the firewall(rh 6.1 ^^),
can
> this be possible? Or was it something JBuilder install script's
doing? I
> am completely lost. I need help.
> I would really appreciate some of yours expertise.
> Thanks
>
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