I carelessly executed "chmod 666 ///" from a terminal as su in a user account. It caused various problems because of permissions, of course. I rebooted, logged into root and executed "chmod 777 ///" which enabled me to log into my account but when I tried to start xwindows I wound up with a blank screen. Same thing with root account. Anyone know what I can do to get back to "normal?" Thanks in advance, Bruce ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com