Whiteness!?!?
 

I can't see anything in the modeling window! all my geometry is white!! I tried pressing 5 and turning on default shading. Any ideas??

I know this may be a newbie thing, but, check anyways...


Check to see in your hypershade that the lambert1 (default shader for any new polygons/NURBS) is the standard gray color.

Other than that, I do not know if there's options to change the standard color for whatever reason.

yeah tried that. Didn't work:S any and all objects just turn out white:S even if I put different colors on them. they render out right. they just dont appear right in the viewport...

alright. Maybe this is a new clue. when I restart maya it works. But when I open a certain project i've been working on it messes up again. Are there settings that reset when you reset maya that don't reset when you make a new scene?

try restarting and making a new scene, then importing your geometry.

Nope that didn't work:S

Alright. Made this short video to demonstrate. Maybe it'll help!
http://stevenpalomino.com/audio/zarggg.mov