Hello all, I just installed Linux-Mandrake 6.1 Power Pack and managed to get my X server configured. I am able to run startx and get into KDE. The appearance of KDE is, to say the least, weird. It's pretty much unusable. Here's whats wrong: Click on any pop-up menu like the K menu and the menu is displayed as word only, very difficult to read against the desktop background. In other words, there's no solid window background against which one can read the words. The same is true if I open the KDE Manager. I see the frame of its window, the words in it vaguely, but the background of the desktop shows through. I can't tell how to change a thing, because I can't read anything. If I try to move windows around, strange afterimages are left all over the place. Another annoying effect is that submenus display right on top of the main menu. For instance, I click the K menu, and marginally readable selections pop up. I roll over a selection that has sub-selections, and those are displayed right on top of the original menu without repainting. The result is a jumble of characters that quickly becomes unreadable. Layer upon layer of windows and menus can pile up creating total gibberish. I tried opening the GIMP and the same situation occured: no substance to its window, dewsktop shows through, and the destop menu shows through, making the GIMP controls unusable. Having looked at some screenshots on the Web, and determined that everyone isn't getting these same terrible results, I still don't know where to start solving this problem. Looking for a solution via KDE is tough, since its unusable. If anyone has any ideas or has seen this before, any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS...sorry if this posts twice. Something about this listserv doesn't like my posts and it usually takes me 3 or 4 tries to get it posted...
