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anything that is fullscreen or maximized goes away??

hey im new to linux everyone, i have a laptop (sony vaio pcg k23) and i installed mandriva 2010 last night.. for some reason the wallpaper wont show and i figured out that if i maximize any window full screen it will display nothing. just black in the window. anyone have any idea how to fix this ??

Have you tried the Mandriva backports?
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Updating...from_backports

You can find out which ATI graphics chip is in your computer by entering the following command in a terminal window.

Code:

lspci | grep VGA

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