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| Thread ID: 69739 | 2006-06-10 21:49:00 | Knoppix Question | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 462109 | 2006-06-11 05:42:00 | Hmm .. you might want to keep all your Knoppix questions in the one thread, rather than across two. Yes, your screen does look butt ugly. I've never seen one look that bad before. Not sure how well you can see stuff on it, but have a look under the KMenu (click on the K on the taskbar) and look under Control Panel/Center > Peripherals > Display. See if you can set the correct resolution and refresh rate. Did you do a hard drive installation of Knoppix or are you just using the LiveCD. The other option is that Knoppix allows you to boot the LiveCD using different video settings (cheat codes). |
Jen (38) | ||
| 462110 | 2006-06-11 05:46:00 | It's a live cd, and here's what the error message was..but it was hard to read on the boot/splash page: It took me three boots, but I think it said that it could not load the AGP Modules, whatever they are, but I suspect it's my vid drivers..right? Any idea how to fix this? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462111 | 2006-06-11 05:47:00 | OK, from your last post it looks like it is your video causing the problems. Knoppix has some cheat codes you can use to resolve hardware issues like this. You can find them here (www.knoppix.net). When you first boot up the CD, you will see a boot prompt and you can just push enter to continue or hit one of the mentioned function keys to get more options. At this boot prompt you would enter in the cheat code. Which one, I am not sure. Graham might be able to point you to the best one to try. :) Edit: try this one at the boot: knoppix noagp How old is this computer and what sort of video capabilities does it have? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 462112 | 2006-06-11 05:56:00 | As Jen said, you can set the resolution at boot up. Instead of just pressing enter, I found it useful to set the resolution to 1024X768 (from memory, it was using F3) and then, after using Knoppix, save the desktop. It is a while since I used Knoppix and then only when I couldn't access the Xandros forums using Xandros. Another trick that I found out for myself if using kppp for dialup, is to reduce the postitialisation delay in the dialler from its default 50 to about 7. Otherwise, the modem took too long to start dialling. This trick works for Simply Mepis too. (The dialer in Xandros is different so the problem does not arise there. Greetings to all Jim |
Hhel (8073) | ||
| 462113 | 2006-06-11 06:07:00 | Let's see..it's a Dell Beige tower with 512RAM, P III, 650mhz, 1-40g hdd Master 1-80g hdd Slave, ATI 3D RagePro AGP 2X, Creative SB Live! Gameport, 3COM EtherLink 10/100 PCI. Resolution is already at 1024 x 768 right now... |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462114 | 2006-06-11 06:17:00 | Jen: would you like to kill that other Knoppix post area for me? I'll stick with here for a while tonight..OK? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462115 | 2006-06-11 07:45:00 | I went here on a site search when I asked a question about Linux distros at that time: . pcworld . co . nz/showthread . php?t=63363&highlight=Knoppix" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz , and James said he had trouble with Knoppix and his vid card . . the same type I have . So, is it Gentoo now I should try? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462116 | 2006-06-11 08:31:00 | So, is it Gentoo now I should try?Absolutely not :eek: . Gentoo is not suitable for someone who has never used Linux before . If you wish to try a different distro, then I would suggest Mepis or Ubuntu (or Kubuntu) - both are LiveCDs that can be installed later if you wish . Did you try booting Knoppix with that cheatcode I suggested earlier? What happened with that setting? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 462117 | 2006-06-11 08:54:00 | Uhh maybe when you have a few months of linux under your belt, then try Gentoo. I would recommend SimplyMepis. Although I don't really like Ubuntu, it is also well liked by new to Linux users and could well be worth it |
Myth (110) | ||
| 462118 | 2006-06-11 15:19:00 | OK, I pulled Knoppix out and got a live cd of Simply Mepis, which would (so far) only work in the older version . It gave me choices on what version to boot and trying the first one, it just sat there and tried to find the cd-drive for 30 minutes . After I came back from breakfast, it still hadn't found it so I rebooted and now am trying the older version Simply Mepis 3 . 4-3 (2 . 6 . 15-1-586tsc) on the setup page . I get the blue screen with the sign-in area, no penguins this time, asking me for my username and password, and not having ever used it before I am wondering where it ever got a password to ask for? I tried to enter nothing in the password (ala-XP), and it keeps on telling me the password is incorrect . Even tried the XP password and wildcards and I am still locked out . It won't pass this screen . . . . although this time I can actually see things so the vid card must be happy with this opsys now . Now what? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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