Clone Stamp Tool only white... help troubleshoot?

I'm a fairly beginner Photoshop user in CS5. I'm sampling a background copy and working in that layer only - whatever I choose to clone stamp, I get only white. Well aware that this is very likely user error and I have likely accidentally changed a setting somewhere... but have searched for the reason and am getting no where. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

People are making pretty good guesses, but maybe it would be prudent to take a screenshot of your entire Photoshop working environment, save it as a JPEG, and post it here via the little "camera" icon above the editor box.  I'm betting someone could home in on the exact issue if they could see everything you're seeing.
My guess is that it's the Blending Mode that's the issue (e.g., it might be set to Linear Dodge).
-Noel

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