Distorted GUI
Hi
I'm completely new with Linux, in that I can just about log on to root and provide a password..apart from that, I don't know that much.
I bought a magazine with a free version of Mandriva 2006 and installed it, providing as much info in the setup as I could.
However, when I load Mandriva up, it tries to load the GUI but this is all distorted - stretched, discoloured (pinks and purples) and has frozen. Sometimes I can make out what I think is the KDE desktop, other times I can see the checklist as it starts it up, but has frozen.
From other posts, I took it to be a problem with the graphics card. I am using NVIDIA GeForce DDR, with a Iiyama MF-8617E monitor. I've set them up using xorgconfig and XFdrake, both of which were listed and I have tried with different resolutions (all I get is different shaped distortions) but I am having no success. Does the free version omit the drivers?
Many thanks
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