Knoppix on Acer TracelMate 8006LMi

[StevAlone]

Hi Linux Users;

I am really new to Linux and Knoppix, but I thought the Knoppix-distro is a good way to start, so I decided to download the Knoppix 3.6

Unfortunately, I have a little problem, using Knoppix/Linux on my Acer TravelMate 8006 LMi (Which belongs to the Acer Travel Mate 8000 series I think).
My current Laptop (8006LMi) also does not appear in the list on http://www.linux-laptop.net/

The problem itself is, when I insert my Knoppix CD and restart my Computer, I come to the (linux:) prompt. Okay, if I only hit ENTER, the laptop says linux24....... and the next line is something about a tar.gz archive. - POFF and then I have a black screen and nothing is happening any more.

If I try to use any parameters (such as screen=1280x1024 or nodma or fb1280x1024) it is exactly the same any time.
My Informatic-professor tried the same CD (I really thought that the CD might have been damaged) on an older gericom Laptop, and he didn't have to change anything like screen or nodma, he just hit enter and there was the penguin...

So if anyone has the same problem, or if anyone has a solution for me, I would be really interested ;-)

Please help a linux newbie

mit freundlichen Grüßen/ with best regards

Stefan Rentsch / StevAlone

www.stevalone.at.tf
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[yourEgg]

StevAlone,

Well your not *alone* Ive got the exact same problem on the 8006LMi. Did you find a solution??

[gruad]

use vga=normal to display all output. see http://www2.goldfisch.at/knowledge/307 for details.
knoppix use framebuffer per default so your acer does not display the first output and if your boot fails at the very beginning then you dont see the last line.

After you've seen the last line you can start hunting down the problem. I got a problem with an acer travelmate 4501 wlmi this morning, so I suspect you might have the same.

if your last line is something like
ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Edge set to Level Trigger nolapic

then you need to disable local apic (nolapic) or acpi (noacpi). take a look at http://www2.goldfisch.at/knowledge/308 for details.

hope this helps,
if it does you might run into a further problem that I still have not solved: I cannot start X on my acer. I tried the screen and fb-options and the xmodule but could not make knoppix to produce any suitable X-output, which is frustrating. Maybe it does on your machines or maybe you find out a solution. I would be very glad to hear from you then (pilsl@goldfisch.at). You can also check http://www2.goldfisch.at/know_list if I found a solution already, but I dont have much time to spend on the problem.

best,
peter