i actually did created them in the side view
How are you creating the bones(set bone tool to default). You should not create bone in perspective vuew.............dave
I actually created the joint chain in side view..the perspective view image was just for reference so you guys can really see what is going on..I did reset everything..I even deleted the prefs folder and let Maya create a new one but in vain..the funny part is that it was working fine maybe a day before..I even reinstalled Maya but still doing it