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I am experimenting with Mandriva One 2008. I am wanting to change my screen resolution to 1024×1028 but I dont see any obvious way of doing this. Does anyone know ?

I know this works in ubuntu
I think this may work Mandriva as well:
Open a terminal and type:
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Press ctrl+w and search "Modes"

You should see a line similar to:
Modes "1024×768" "800×600" "640×480"

The first resolution "1024×768" is default

So if you wanted to make 1024×1028 the default resolution, you change it to:

Modes "1024×1028" "1024×768" "800×600" "640×480"

Then press ctrl+o to save

And reboot

I just recently installed Mandriva Linux and I dont know to much about Linux. I have a Wireless-G broadband router with a wusb54g v4 network adapter connected to the computer with Linux. I cant figure out which driver to use or how to put my own driver in. I downloaded NDisWrapper to install a Windows driver and I burned it to a CD to put in my Linux computer. But i cant even figure out how to view what is on the CD. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ahhh Ndiswrapper - It took me almost a month to figure out how to use that when I first delved into the world of Linux.
Okay, there's no point me regurgitating was is readily available on the net - there are hundreds of tutorials on setting up Ndiswrapper within Linux.
This guide is a good one: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Networking/NdisWrapper_The_Ultimate_Guide/

Your best bet is, if you can, plug your computer into a LAN port while you set up ndiswrapper so you can still access the net and use repositories because I really don't recommend trying to install ndiswrapper by hand when you've only just started using Linux. To install it in Mandrive while you're on the net, you want to type "urpmi wireless-tools" into the terminal and hit y at any questions. But obviously this will only work if you've got a LAN cable plugged in. Good luck, if you get really stuck, may I recommend installing Ubuntu linux instead. People may argue with me over this, but you'll find the Ubuntu guide/wiki is full of ace tutorials to get everything set up nice and easily.

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Have no problems with the setup, just need it so wifey and kiddo can use windows without watching boot loader. Thanks for the answers!

After installing the 2 os. Boot the system in windows.
Then Right Click My Computer Go to > properties > Advance > Startup & Recovery.

In that set the Default Operating System.

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My RAM size is 512+256 DDR 1 ubuntu could not be installed is it the reason RAM size?
Is internet connection necessary to install Mandriva or ubuntu?
Pl get me your valuable tips.

ubuntu can be loaded on a 486 with 8 megs memory
as can almost any linux flavor id say its a different issue look at the hard drive maybe defective it will not load if there are bad sectors on the drive as it will fail and to save future hassles so id look their first possible issue with install disk or video but you'll get alot of heads up as to why its not going on your system….

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