Help: iMac logs on automatically to BSD/Darwin commmand line

Hi folks,
I got a wee little problem with my iMac G5 running OS 10.3.9. I left the computer for a while last night to download and install the system updates (ipod updater and the recent Security update). Later my girlfriend went into the room and said something happened with the computer.
There was an error in some part of the download/install process. I remember that it said some like "does not have permission to write to something something /tmp someing. Vague, I know. I think we had to hit OK to the error window and the computer restarted. I left the room thinking everything would be fine but then the girlfriend says the mac started up with a black screen and white text. Sure enough, I came back and there was the command line login screen for BSD/Darwin.
I don't no much about the unix side of things so I logged on to the command line and looked for a command to enter into the GUI. No luck. I logged off and the screen when to the Aqua Blue back and the litttle waiting animation. Then it went to just blue and then it went to the black unix login again.
I did a restart and the mac starts up normally: gray apply screen, aqua blue screen, status bar fills up.... but instead of going to the window that shows what users you would like to log in as the screen goes blue and up comes the black unix login screen. Another time I restarted... I got a folder with a question mark (?) but eventually the unix screen came up again. The question mark thing only happened once.
I restarted with the system disc and repaired permissions (there was a long list... mostly associated with printers from what I could gather) and I repaired the disc. A previous verify showed their was nothing wrong though. I set the start up disc to be the hard drive and restart. No change. It goes through the regular apple start up screen and instead of giving me the user login screen, it gives me the unix command line.
I called Apple support and described the problem and what I had done to troubleshoot so far. He figured something bad happened with the Security Update. Support recommended a safe boot by holding the shift key. We did that... same thing except this time the status bar indicator on start up has the words "Safe Boot" underneath. Support suggested that I do an archive and install of the OS. I don't want to try this untill I back up the entire 160 GB hard drive, which has about 20 GB free.
I did have a partial back-up on an external drive 40 gig HD last week, but I needed the space for a video project and overwrote it. The kicker is, that last week I ordered a 400 gig HD for back up and video work and it should be in very soon.
Anyway... so I know that reinstall of the OS will probably fix my problems, but does anyone know another way that I can make it so that I get my regular login instead of the unix or restore the GUI from the command line?
I think it's important to note that evertime I logout of the unix or screw up the unix login the screen goes mometarily to the Aqua Blue background, th little spiral waiting animation and eventually a blue screen and then the unix login screen.
Trying to look on the positive side, I told the girlfriend that we wouldn't be able to use the computer over the weekend and being free from it for a few days is not necessarily a bad thing.

Welcome to Apple Discussions, Paul!
What I would do is the following.
I would start from the CD and repair disk permissions again. I would try to see if Safari is available for use on the CD and go download again the Security Update 2005-009(Panther Client) and reinstall it again.
This is all conditional on whether or not you can use Safari from the CD, see your HD and if you can access your computer desktop though. If you absolutely must use the command line to accomplish this, I'm afraid I can't help you.
I do hope this works.

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