Start x error

[Vex]

Ok i just got linux mandrake 8.2 installed on my older pc. I loged into my username in the terminal mode and then i typed start x to run the GNU. Well i got this error
execue failed for /etc/x11/x(errno2)
giving up
xinet: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect with x server
xinit: No such process(errno 31): server error

Does anyone know how i might go about to fix this or do i need to reinstall linux again...?

Thanks in advance

[fancypiper]

Do you know your video card?

# Configuring x
Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/)
The Linux XFree86 HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/)
Common x configuring tools:
Redhat - setup utility leads to several config tools
Redhat 8.0 - redhat-config-xfree86
Debian - dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
You may have these tools:
XF86Setup
XFree86 -configure
Xconfigurator
xf86cfg
xf86config
xconf
nVidia Driver Installation NHF (http://3dguios.resnet.mtu.edu/nVidia-NHF.html)
nVidia driver page (http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4191)