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Thread ID: 25230	2002-09-29 05:03:00	Knoppix - monitor lacks steam.	RayTheTech (1130)	Press F1

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84351	2002-09-29 05:03:00	Read the Mag. - tried the CD. Knoppix loaded from CD OK, except that my 5year old monitor [IBM 2248] runs out of scan speed - I get 3 images across the screen. Checking back in windows, I find it will run 800x600, which I use normally, also 1024x728 - but won't handle the 1280x1024 which I suspect Knoppix uses. And I can't see enough on the distorted screen to fix it within the session. Looking through the CD, it seems it might be possible to make a boot floppy which sets the screen speed at boot-up, but I'm not sure how - any ideas out there ? Thanks	RayTheTech (1130)
84352	2002-09-29 06:34:00	If you restart in Windows and access the CD there will most likely be a file called disks. In this folder you will find the necessary disk images. There will most likely also be a program called rawrite.exe which you use to create the floppy images. The problem you are haing is more likely to be with your video card rather than the monitor. A quick check of the Knoppix FAQ suggest a possible work-around by tyoing fb800x600 rather than knoppix at boot-up. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I don't have knoppix.	Gorela (901)
84353	2002-09-30 04:15:00	Try using Ctrl/Alt/- to reduce the resolution. (I think that the keypad "+" and "-"are the ones to use.	Graham L (2)
84354	2002-09-30 09:48:00	I've been having a wee play with knoppix, and had the same problem, pressing ctrl/alt/- did reduce the resolution down to something poor old Vanessa could handle, but unfortunatly i got a magnificent veiw of the bottom right corner of dialog boxes and so forth....... With knoppix, it would appear this trick is not entirly useful :(	Chris Wilson (431)
84355	2002-10-03 11:39:00	Try pressing F1 as the CD boots and at the prompt type: 'knoppix 1024x768' (or 800x600) or 'knoppix vga=normal' might work.	Rod J (451)
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