Ok, I did a big no no and accidentaly started X after I had done an su.
After quickly exiting KDE I exited my su and tried to startx using my normal
user account.  It complained about my .Xauthority file and now I cannot run
X with that account.  Root X still works though.  Is this a common thing
that newbies like myself fubar?  is there a quick fix?  Thanks.

- Joel