Graphics Problem
 

And a hello from me!

At the beggining I thought it was the FONTS, but no!,

Mandrake 9.0 under KDE and GNOME...

Eveything is fuzzy. All graphics doesn't show properly.

I have Compaq Presario 2811EA, it has an ATI 7500 graphics card and everything under linux is shown in stripes. I tried to find new drivers but no luck.

Mandrake by default installed my grphics card as ATI Radeon

Please Help me, I am new to Linux...

Thanx.

Stripes? Sounds like the resolution is too high. Fire up the Mandrake graphics wizard (I'm sure there is one) and reduce the resolution. The refresh rate can also be a problem. To be safe, set the refresh rate to 60Hz and the resolution to 640x480, and then work your way up from there. First keep on bumping up the resolution, then, once you find a good one, try bumping up the refresh rate, but be careful! If you set the refresh rate too high, your screen may not like it!

It could also be a driver issue. Try using the default "SVGA" driver. If that doesn't work, try the 16-colour 640x480 "VGA" driver.

In general, ATI cards are a pain under Linux (heck, even under Windoze), because ATI sucks. ;)