I have decided to dip my toe in the muddy waters of Linux
and I have for the first time installed Linux Mandrake 7.1 on my system.

I used the install for wimps which means running from windows (I have 98 release 2)
Everything seemed to go well.

I then tried to set up X windows as I would like to be able to run GNOME or KDE.

I have an NVIDIA RIVA TNT card (16 mb) and A compaq SVGA monitor.

I tried to set it up using XF86config. I picked a 640 480 resolution .
I used XF86_SVGA server. I think I have picked vertical and horizontal rates well within the capabilities of my monitor.

Now the but > I get the following error > Sometimes Something about xauth timeout (.Xauthority)>
Followed by (I always get this) >
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

I have tried various other settings but all to no avail

Can anyone help resolve this it is driving me nuts! Thank you.

I have read reams of stuff from many sources - as far as I can tell the XF86Config file is OK
My paths are fine but still I get the error.

Any way thanks for any help etc..

try XF86Setup,its graphical and easy to use.When it asks if you want to use your current xf86config for defaults say no.

Thanks for the first reply -
Unfortunately the Mandrake Set up CD does not appear to have included XF86Setup so I cannot use that - It may be possible to download just that but 1: I don't know where from and because I'm such a newcomer to Linux might have difficulty installing it even if I could download just this utility.

I have purchased (yes bought) Mandrake (7.1 or 7.2 not sure)
so hopefully all this will be on one of the several CD's that come with this pack - I shall be investigating this weekend.

Have u tried using HardDrake & DrakConf? I find them much easier to use.
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Athon Solo
http://www.teamarena.net

I will be installing Mandrake 7.2 probably this weekend from another CD- I understand that this has the Harddrake and other utilities on which I hope will resolve the problems I had.

Cheers for the advice though.