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On Thu, 20 Feb 1997 ouyang@us.ibm.com wrote:

> I got the login screen as it was supposed to. However, after I
> entered the username and password, the system returned to the
> login screen again. I tried to reboot the system but got the
> same result. Would you please tell me how can I fix this problem?
> Thanks you very much!

Your .xsession file has un unkown command or shell

be sure your .xsession file as something like:
exec twm



> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Tung OuYang
> Network Studies, IBM
> 
>