Hello, After about 4 hours and loosing the other os I finally got Linux Mandrake 6.5 to load all the way to X-Windows. The only problem was when I was choosing the drivers for the video card and display there was not an exact match. The processor that is used on my video card was listed, so I used that driver. I had to modify the memory size but it seems to work. The display that I chose was not a complete match either. The display that I chose was from the same manufacuter and had the same size CRT. What the problem is, is that everything is very large. I can't see the whole window that is being displayed to read about the errors that I get when booting. Those errors might be due to too many file systems. Is there a way that I can edit a file and change the size of my desktop and the windows that are displayed? Any help is appreciated.

Hi Matt, I happen to have exactly that same problem. Yesterday I set up Linux RedHat 6.2 and the only driver that made my display work was one for Compaq presario. Anyway, I have very large windows. Probably my resolution is about 800 x 600 or less and I don't know how to change that. If somebody knows how to do this, please, let us know. Thanx

Try using Xconfigure from the command line. Hope this helps! --Bob

X allows for several video modes that can be selected with Ctrl-Alt-+ and Ctrl-Alt-- on the number pad. It's entirely possible that you have 640x480xsomething as your first mode. You can change this by editing /etc/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config to have the largest video mode first under the "Screen" section.

i have notebook of Compaq Presario 1700 and model is 1721AP. The problem is that I install Red Hat Linux 7.2 on it, the installation mode run in graphic, but as I log in after installation and start X Server it come back to command line and the error is Fatal Server Error: xf86Map Pci Mem: Could not mmap PCI memory [base=0*d8000000,host base=0*d8000000,size=0] (Invalid argument) X10: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on Xserver ":0,0" after 0 request ( 0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. Above is the complete error which I am facing, the display card I have is ""Radeon". When I start to configure my display through XConfigurator command it show the following three entries about my display in its second screen, these are PCI entry : ATI: Radeon Mobility M6 LY X Server : none Card: radeon. please kindly solve my problem as soon as possiable. thanks Muhammad Iqbal Azeem