Mandrake7.0 new install problems

[noclue]

After months of stalling (no guts) I installed Mandrake 7.0. I now have two problems. In KDE, I can see all my desktop fine. After that, any window I look at extends too far below and to the right to be seen on my screen. No monitor adjustmenst help and since I cant see all the buttons on most windows, I don't seem to find any way to shrink down the picture to fit. The book tells me there should be a place for a command prompt but where is it? Also I can only get in as root, even though it had me set up a user name and password different from root. It wont work. I'm totally stumped. Please help. :confused:

[Tyr-7BE]

Hrmmm...I know that there IS a way to solve the second one...I just don't know it :) As for the first, try pressing Ctrl+Alt+'+' or Ctrl+Alt+'-', where '+' and '-' are the keys next to the backspace and zero keys. If that doesn't do anything, then try the keys near the numpad. If shrinking the desktop that way has the desired effect, you're gonna have to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config (XF86Config-4 if it's 4.0.x) and go to the section that lists the colour depth you're using (down near the bottom of the file). You should see some resolutions like "640x480" and "800x600" etc...under the colour depth you currently use, move the desired resolution to the front of the list. I know this may sound confusing, but a forum search for X and resolution will reveal a whole lot. Best of luck.

[bdg1983]

Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200/70Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1600x1200/70Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"

Edit your /etc/XF86Config and add the line 'Virtual 0 0' as in the example. Restart X.

[cage47]

OR go up to the banner, right click, then choose Maximize. This will maximize the window to the screen size (provided you can actually see the whole screen)