t3m3st

I tried out KNOPPIX 3.7 and 3.8. I like the layout, and I'd like to keep using it. This distro has almost all the programs I could need I think, so I'd like to keep on it. It's my first time using Linux, so I really know nothing about it. Searching around doesn't seem to be helping, as I don't even know the terminology.

When I run KNOPPIX, everything loads up fine, except I have a one inch black bar across the bottom of my monitor (a Benq LCD, T903). My video card is an ATI All in Wonder 9600. I try the auto adjust button on my monitor, but it does nothing. I played around with the display properties, and the highest resolution displayed is 1024x768. My card can do better. ATI has a driver for it, but I can't figure out what to do with it. When I try to launch the file, I get what I believe is program code. It is a .run file...

Also, is there a password of some sort I should know for KNOPPIX?

Please tell me or link me somewhere I can get myself edumacated.

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bendsley

Well, to install the .run file, you might try a couple of things. It's either a shell script (sh) or a binary (./).

You can try it as a shell script first. To do so, issue the command: "sh filename.run", without the quotes.

If that doesn't work, try: "./filename.run". One of those commands is bound to work.

KNOPPIX doesn't come with a default root password if I remember correctly. In one of the menu options, look for Root Shell. This will automatically put you in the root user account. Once you're in there, you can type "passwd" and it will ask you for a new password which you will have to enter in a second time, just for verification.

After you do that, you can go into a normal shell, and do a "su -" if you need to access something as root.

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t3m3st

the shell way does nothing, but the other command gives me an "Unknown host" error. I've got the file on my desktop, and I'm using the "run command" action from what I'm calling the KNOPPIX menu.

The readme that ATI distributes says its specific to Red Hat and SUSE. Does this mean it won't work on others, or just that it's been optimized for those?

I'm sure once I get my foot in the door, I'll be alright.

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phukraut

As for setting your display, if Knoppix uses Xorg, you will find this info in xorg.conf (probably found as /etc/X11/xorg.conf). A .conf file is just a text file, like .ini files in Windows. There ought to be a program to help you out a bit with the configuration, such as /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig or similar. However, I do believe Knoppix comes with various "cheat codes" that you can put in your boot prompt (the bit after boot: ). I don't have a disc handy but I think you can press F1 for a list of possible selections to help you.

It's entirely up to you of course, but if you want a distro to install to your hard drive, I don't recomment Knoppix. Maybe something more like Ubuntu. Both distos are Debian-based, so in both cases you get the huge Debian repos of programs and the nice apt-get package manager, but with Ubuntu you get something made for installation. In my opinion, Knoppix is made for the LiveCD format.