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Thread ID: 59165	2005-06-23 17:43:00	Wish to give Linux a try, what are the steps?	Renmoo (66)	Press F1

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366609	2005-07-01 20:35:00	From Knoppix, try this: Hit Ctrl + Alt + F2 Now you should see a console, run the following: cd /etc/X11/ mv xorg.conf xorg.backup xorgconfig Run through the configuration and then type: startx -- :1 Chill. What's this command for? :waughh: :confused:	Renmoo (66)
366610	2005-07-01 22:49:00	What's this command for? :waughh: :confused:I think you'll find that its moving your powers to the appropriate part of the system, then making a backup of the current configeration, then asking it to have a good look at the situation and configure accordingly, then run the new configeration..... Its a pain i know, but it might just sort all your problems out untill you reboot. If it were an installed system, you'd only need to do this once, and changes would be saved. Because its a live CD, you get to do this everytime you try it! wooohooo! :D	personthingy (1670)
366611	2005-07-01 23:54:00	I'd tried out the steps recommended by Chill, but I am stuck at the beginning stage. When the OS is completely booted up, I pressed the keys Ctrl + Alt + F12, a blank screen with a horizontal cursor blinking appeared. I then type in "cd /etc /X11", but nothing appeared. I tried typing in other keys, but nothing would work. The only combination key that gave an effect is Ctrl + Alt + Del whereby I was taken into the screen saying "Knoppix halted" and the computer was shut down. Anymore ideas? Oh! By the way, at the beginning stage when I loaded in the CD and booted it, there was a message that appeared which says "Please press <Return> key or .... mode number ........ <spacebar> or continue to wait 30 seconds". I can't exactly remember the message it said. Thanks a lot! Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
366612	2005-07-02 00:49:00	I think they are trying to take you to command line. ctrl+alt+F1 will get you there. If that is what they are trying to get you to do, you can probably do whatever you need to do in an Xterm window.	Greven (91)
366613	2005-07-02 01:43:00	Well, I s'pose you can. lets try this again: In Kde, down the bottom next to the K-menu is a Penguin Icon. Click it. One of the options in the new menu that appears will be "root console" or something to that effect. type: cd /etc/X11 This is changing into the directory where the display configuration is held. Now type: mv xorg.conf xorg.backup We are moving/renaming the config file to a backup config. We need to do this because the LiveCD will not allow you to simply amend (Although it may do now that UnionFS has been implemented, ive not used the most recent version. This is tried/tested from Knoppix-3.3 to Knoppix-3.7) Now, run: xorgconfig This will give you a command line tool which will ask you approx 10 simple questions. If you are unsure about screen refresh rates then just press Enter. Once you are done here, you have updated your config file, press Ctrl + Alt + F1. You'll then see the main console, you may need to Press Enter once. So, you've got a nice big black screen with the boot writing still showing. Type: startx -- :1 What this does is starts another Kde session, only this time it'll use the most recent config file which has your screen settings as you like. You can switch between both Kde sessions with Ctrl + Alt + F5/F6/F7 etc etc. Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
366614	2005-07-02 07:04:00	I managed to get to the root shell and changed the pathway, but when I typed in the next command, it does not recognise "xorg.conf" after the word "mv". Does the spacing matters? Is there a space between etc/ and X11? Should it be etc/X11 or etc /X11? Thanks a lot! Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
366615	2005-07-02 07:12:00	I managed to get to the root shell and changed the pathway, but when I typed in the next command, it does not recognise "xorg.conf" after the word "mv". Does the spacing matters? Is there a space between etc/ and X11? Should it be etc/X11 or etc /X11? Thanks a lot! Cheers :)The spacing matters. There would be no spaces in the middle of the directory location "etc/X11/"	personthingy (1670)
366616	2005-07-02 12:00:00	I managed to get to the root shell and changed the pathway, but when I typed in the next command, it does not recognise "xorg.conf" after the word "mv". Does the spacing matters? Is there a space between etc/ and X11? Should it be etc/X11 or etc /X11?Each command that Chill gave you needs to be all on one line, it sounds like you just used "cd" first. You are also leaving out the / in /etc in your examples too. The / indicates the path is relative to the root directory /. Try again using the exact characters and spacing (and case sensitivity) that Chill gave. A good command to use anywhere is pwd, (print working/current directory) to make sure you are where you should be, as it reports the full file path of your current location.	Jen (38)
366617	2005-07-02 22:38:00	Knoppix does use xorg-x11, doesnt? Im sure they ditched xfree86!?!	Chilling_Silence (9)
366618	2005-07-03 03:15:00	James, Linux is an evolving system. Each new distro is a combination of latest offerings and proven favourates. Knoppix too is everchanging. To answer questions such as "is /etc/X11/ the right path for knoppix?" the version number would help. I may have the same version as what you are trying to run, i may not. If i do, i will gladly have a look. cd /etc/X11 is the right comand if etc/X11 where knoppix keeps the config file your after. what this command means is cd = change to the following directory /etc/X11 /etc/X11 / = root(the heart of the directory tree) etc/ = a directory within this, followed by sub directory X11	personthingy (1670)
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