Linux Install Problems

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Having problems installing Stromix 2000 and Mandrake 7.0. These came with Maximum Linux magazine. With Mandrake it gets as far as the second stage install and then errors out with something like "cannot open display at ...../usr..../ at line ...". With Stormix it gets as far as the "Acceptance of the Terms" screen and then can't do anything keyboard locks and have to reboot. I'm pretty sure it's not the OS but something with the hardware, possibly my graphic card. Everything works under win98. Not the best hardware in this box but thought I could play around with Linux. Specs

CTX DP-100
Pent. 100
32M ram EDO
cirrus logic based viedo card 1 meg
6 gig hd maxtor
no sound
winmodem - I know linux does not recognize these.

Any ideas on how I can get it running.


Ummm... Is that the verbatim Mandrake error? We might be able to help if we knew what the error was.
The error is
"Gtk - Warning Cannot open display :: 0 at /usr/bin/perl-install/ lilne 139"


max linux may have packaged a buggy version. 7.1 is buggy there was an update that came out to fix this. i instaleld 7.1 and it messed my laptop up badly.

check for the update.


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