no desktop

[lee <lee imyourhandiman com>]

i've lost access to desktop as in the screen just keeps refreshing ( monitor
makes clicking noises) and won't stop to allow me to investigate.......what is
key combo to stop this.....

i was using netscape 6.1 and i had crash......so i did alt-cntr-backspace and
instead of desktop restarting to login screen it hung and i had to
re-start.......now won't go into desktop

error says something about mising font "" that along with something
mysteriously died and reference to i think....../var/run/gdm.pid........anyway
i know more or less what some of this stuff is but not enough
on how to repair damage.....

thanks
lee
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