1mancan2

hi. i'm fairly new to linux, and i like messing around with it. but after a reboot once, im brought to the login screen (gui), i put in my username and pass, and it starts to load, then the screen goes blank, and im shot back to the login screen.. it happens over and over, does anyone know what's going on? system specs: mandrake 9.2, all features except server features installed. ext3 partition on 40gig w/ 1gig swap axp 2600+, 512mb ram, gf4 gfx, sblive 5.1, linksys lne100tx, leadtek winfast tv2000xp, epox 8k3a (via kt333 northbridge/8233A southbridge)

gnome works now too.

the error i was getting logging into KDE was "can not access .ICEauthority in dir home/1man". i logged in the console as root, and loaded kde just fine using the command KDE, and i reset the permissions for .ICEauthority to 776 (is that not good to do for security reasons?). i rebooted and it loaded KDE under my usrename just fine.