Can't login in normal account

[steelwire]

I was working on RHEL 5. Suddenly genome desktop freezes. I hit the power button And then restart the system. But now I can't login to my normal user account. when i enter the usr and password a whole new genome desktop is opens. I can't view my old files there. But I can login as root. Please HELP. I don't know what to do.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Is it a fresh installation? Which Graphics Card do you have?

when i enter the usr and password a whole new genome desktop is opens.

Are you using Regular user's Id and Password? Did you check the contents of /home folder while logged in as root user?

[steelwire]

no, its not fresh installation and I am using integrated Graphics card.
yes, i'm using regular id.

[devils casper]

Your Graphics Card is not configured properly.
Execute this

su -
lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

To fix normal user's problem, execute this

cd /home/normal_user_id
rm -rf .gnome2 .gconfd

Reboot machine and try to login as normal user.

[steelwire]

It gives no effect.

[steelwire]

My gnome desktop is full of error windows. the icons are magnified and whole thing is in high contrast black. Every program after cliking show an eroor massage of different kind. Happened after the gconfd command.