>have tried logging in through the website and through telnut
>off the run menu, but i get the screen with the skull and it
>tries to start a new char. Am I doing something wrong?

Possibly using the wrong name. If you're using the right name,
then your character's file has been purged (probably through
autodeletion). When it tries to start a new character, that is
because it does not detect an existing character with that name.