On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> 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.
>
Try deleting ".Xauthority". Or, double check that YOUR
user is the owner of .Xauthority in your home
directory. If YOU are the listed owner, try deleting it
and letting Mandrake recreate it.
John
