To get your X server working go to
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/ and download the
precompiled Mach64 server.. It works great with my inspiron 7000

Bob

>Hi all,
>I have just installed Mandrake 7.0 on my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. It
>installs fine all the way to the end. Even when it prompts to probe the
>video card and xwindows everything goes well and I see a desktop. Now the
>problem that I have is that when I'm done with the installation and type
>startx to start xwindows I get a black screen and my laptop hangs up. The
>video card I have is ATI Mobility-P 3D. Can someone please help me?
>Yusuf.

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