Sounds like your modes are messed up. Try Xconfigurator.
TK Kim 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.
>
> I would really appreciate some of yours expertise.
>
> Thanks
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