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Ok im a n00b at linux ok...so i installed mandrake everything went great. so then i reboot. and it gives me choices linux, somethingelse, and fail-safe. i click linux and it goes to a black screen where it checks everything. and it says ok next to it. after that still at the blackscreen it says to login so i do. and then it shows kyle9013@local.....something rather...but from there i dont know what to do? i type help and it shows stuff. but im still stuck. last time i used mandrake on another computer. all i did it came up with a graphical loginscreen and where i can select the interface. someone plz help... 
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What you get is a console. Login and type:
br /]startx
to start the beautiful X screen.
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Ok well i did that it seemed liked it work but i dunno cause when i typed it in and it loaded some stuff then on my monitor it pops up saying
90.0Khz/60.0Hz
Frequency out of range
Try other resolutions
but i didnt get to choose a resolution i think that was only at the begining. so now im stuck here someone help
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90.0Khz/60.0Hz
Frequency out of range
Try other resolutions
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Ok, your X server is installed, but, it is not configured for your hardware.
Which version of Mandrake are you using? I am assuming its a recent distro that uses Xorg, for the X implementation. If yes, you can use xorgcfg to reconfigure your X setting.
Note down your vendor display specification (horizontal synchronization rate, vertical refresh rate, and buffer memory) before running the above.
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Ok i believe when i installed mandrake i did all my hardware configuring there. but i possibly coulda selected the wrong resolution.
im using the new mandrake 10.1 i think, and i found it at distrowatch i believe.
Well after i logged in I typed xorgcfg and then it told me i couldnt do it because its only for root. am i not root because i loggin in with my name. is there a default name to log in under thats root?
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am i not root because i loggin in with my name
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Well, then login as root.
If you didn't set a password or you forgot it, then boot into single user/rescue mode (an option seen when grub loads). It will take you to a prompt as root user and you can change the password using:
br /]passwd
command.
If Mandrake uses sudo, after loggingin as a user, you can try:
br /]sudo xorgcfg
If it asks for a password, give your user password.
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Well it boots up in Lilo and i only have 3 choice to choose from:
1. Linux
2. 2427-0pre21
3. Fail-Safe
those are the only things you can choose from.
i know my password but i dont think im set as root for some odd reason.
i might just have to reinstall linux and choose another resolution hopefully the correct one.
For some reason i have bad luck with linux the only one i didnt have bad luck with was ubuntu.
i didnt much care for it. i did like Mandrake alot! tho but im just having a hard time installing it.
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i might just have to reinstall linux sad.gif and choose another resolution hopefully the correct one.
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In *nix you don't have to re-install to change your resolution 
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[div class='quotetop']QUOTE(x86processor @ May 17 2006, 02:13 AM) [snapback]764576[/snapback][/div][div class='quotemain']
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i might just have to reinstall linux sad.gif and choose another resolution hopefully the correct one.
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In *nix you don't have to re-install to change your resolution
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Ok im stumped then =/ i know your helping and im trying to follow along.
ive done everything u said to do.
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