No activity on log in screen

I'm running leopard. On the login screen where I can see the users identified, I can scroll over each user and a small box pops up that shows each user's "short name," but doubleclicking on any user doesn't get me logged in. Same thing if I click on "sleep", etc.---nothing happens. I've tried turning the computer off and on again, and even unplugged it for awhile.
Any ideas on how to get my computer to recognize that I'm trying to log on?

Try this link:
Disk Utility
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672
If that does not work then follow this one:
Safe Boot
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455

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