<div>
Try kdm as root. That will work on Red Hat &amp;&nbsp;since Mandrake is very similar it might work there also. Another thing to try would be startx from a shell prompt.
</div>


Try kdm as root. That will work on Red Hat & since Mandrake is very similar it might work there also. Another thing to try would be startx from a shell prompt.

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I've just installed Mandrake v.7. After login, two x windows appear but cannot be resized or moved. Mouse seems to be working OK because windows can be made active by clicking in them. How does one initiate the KDE window manager/GUI from a command prompt? Thanks.
</div>
</div>


I've just installed Mandrake v.7. After login, two x windows appear but cannot be resized or moved. Mouse seems to be working OK because windows can be made active by clicking in them. How does one initiate the KDE window manager/GUI from a command prompt? Thanks.

Newbie question -- KDE and X Windows

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.