Powerbook G4 won't log in and load menu bar

I have a G4 powerbook 17 inch that has been running fine. Just recently I've started to have this problem. I start my laptop and the log in screen comes up. Once I log in I just get the desktop wall paper and the menu bar or hard disk icon never comes up. Anyone have suggestions?

as a guess, try strarting up in safe mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
you could try connecting PowerBook to another Mac in target mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
then see what's on the drive, search for a file "com.apple.windowserver.plist"
and move it to the desktop, then try restarting
try at your own risk though, mmaybe back up any important files when in target mode

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