Cant login please help

Running power mac, latest version of Tiger
When it boots and login screen appears I cant. The mouse and keyboard work fine, but the computer will not click the user names to bring up the password box. When I mouse over the login names its like they are not there. So I cant use the computer at all. I tried keyboard also and it wont work. Same results booting up in safe mode. Its like it gets to the point of login and locks up. Please help
TIA
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Also in the login interface the , RESTART, SHUT OFF, SLEEP buttons will not work...

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