X problem...

> From: "vvor" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:04:03 -0500
> Subject:  problem...
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> 
> When I boot, all I get is a little window in the upper right:
> 
> ClientList	SessionLog
> Checkpoint	Shutdown

Do you have a .xinitrc file?  Where does the "/etc/X11/prefdm" symlink point?
> 
> 
> and a window in the bottom right:
> Console log for rat.thirdeyemediaworks.com
> 
> I can't do anything with my mouse, which is just dancing all around the screen.
> I can't open a terminal window. If I telnet in with another machine, I can
> startkde, but my mouse is so crazy, I can't click anything.

Do you have the right mouse type in your XF86Config(-4) file?  Does typing 
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace change anything or does X come back the same way?
> 
> I can do stuff su-ing as root from another machine, although all the paths are
> messed up. For instance, I edit my firewall script and try to restart it via
> telnetting, but the script cannot find ifconfig! It can't get my eth0 ip.

You just need to add /sbin and /usr/sbin to your PATH.
In bash:
export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin
(add the line above to your .profile or .bash_profile).
> 
> I wouldn't mind doing everything from a terminal from within my net, but how do
> I fix my paths without screwing stuff up? When I tried to restart my firewall,
> everyone lost internet access because of this paths thing.
> 
> Any help is much appreciated...
> 
> vora