SunnyB,

I haven't run wine yet, but I have the .Xauthority file and a .nessusrc file, in the /home of my user account, but its size is around 53 bytes and 752 bytes, respectfully, no directory...

If you want to just "blow them away", try the sudo first, then try su and the remove, if that doesnt work, then try to use a Root Konsole ( Super User Konsole ) window... I have to warn you, I have no clue what these files do, or are for, and removing them, may cause your "user" account to be locked up, or out... My best thinking on this, is, that during the "recovery" of the lock-up, open files were corrupted, and that is the reason for the sizes being different, etc...