When I log into the console I get the message "ttys0 LSR safety check engaged!" on the screen whcih repeats every second.

However I am able to log on as a normal user and startx. I get a screen that looks like twm but with no menus, after a couple of minutes it dies. Before It dies I switched to a different virtual terminal and saw the following message

This is approximate as it was scrolling to fast and I'm not sure where it logged to

AUDIT <date information> Client 1 refused from localhost
XLIB connection to :0.0 refused by server
XLIB no protocol specifed

This sequence was repeated over and over until it gave the message "giving up" and went back to the LSR safety check message

I don't really have any idea about how X starts or the relationship between X and kde so I will do some reading see what I can figure out. In the meantime thansk for any help.