Hi mates!
Well I guess there is no need to tell you but I'm complete noob in Linux so please bear with me =P

Anyway I tried installing Mandrake 10.0 on my rig, everything goes smoothly untill I try to configure my Vid Card...

Installer gives me some "vesa" card option and 1280x1024

I tried changing it to all GeForce cards that you can manually chose but it's no go... When I test this new setting I get artifact on moving mouse and stuff. So I let it have generic vesa stuff and completed installation...
After reboot I get shell... I log in and type "StartX" but get some XF86 something error and can't enter "X".

So what to do ? I checked around for guides, other peeps problems and stuff but no one mentions 6800 cards.

I can reinstall anytime as it takes some 20 min to do so (Great thing) in case I should chose something else.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

Go here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-6111.html

That should get you started. Search here on 'nvidia driver'.

There are probably 14,678,345,678,123,098,345 threads about nividia drivers.

( hehe.. sorry, the 6800GT may be too new and not well supported yet.)

Problem was that I couldn't get into "X" so I couldn't download anything

Anyway I heard somewhere that there is textbased web browser "Lynx" that I used to download drivers, everything installed and working as a charm now =)

Now next thing is how to change resolution, refresh rate and colour depth This one will be a prob I can feel that =P

I need 1600x1200x75 enabled

OK, you need to get into the mandrake control centre. To do this click on the start icon--configuration--configure your computer. It will then ask for your root password. Type this in and click ok. You will now be in the control centre. Click on "hardware" and then click on the icon that says "change your screen resolution" you can then change it to what you want.

Cheers