REALLY BIG problem with linux mandrake!!

[byr0n]

Oh my god this looks so ugly, i chose gnome and it boots up but then i cant read ANY text and ALL the windows are transparent, im half tempted to uninstall, take my harddisk out and burn it.(excess fireworks are fun)

If anyone knows what is going on or how i can fix it, input is nice. thanks

 

[VicAcid]

what version of mandrake are you running and do you know what version of X it uses? what window manager are you using? what kind of graphics card do you have? is the text really small, or is it not rendering legibly at a decent size?

 

[byr0n]

I got the text to appear.. wow linux is alot different then any windows, i think ill keep in on dualboot and mess around with it every once and a while, i do have some questions though.

I downloaded Licq and i dont know how to makefiles.. haha


edit:
Mandrake 8.0
No i dont know what version X
Geforce3
NO text was showing up, i fixed this problem though