Newish laptops running Knoppix -- pls post here [Archive] - Download Knoppix Live CD or DVD, Get Documentation and Help

Harry Kuhman

01-11-2005, 08:35 AM

If you have a new or newish laptop that SUCCESSFULLY boots Knoppix, then PLEASE post (a) version of Knoppix, and (b) the model number and cpu details here. Does all hardware work? Did you need cheatcodes etc?
HP Pavillion ze4240 / Athlon moble XP CPU

Knoppix 3.1 booted fine. Everything worked (everything I tested anyway, sound was good, network worked immidately on boot through my router.) I did not test the built-in modem and had no expectation that it would work. I resized the NTFS partition to make space for a FAT partition on the disk (so I could write files to the disk). I did not install to disk.

I used it for about a month with no problems. One day I finally allowed XP to install the "security updates" that it had been nagging about. After that event I could no longer get on the network. The details of that are in this thread: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2117&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
and this thread: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2164&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

With either version 3.3 or 3.4 (sorry, I forget which) I suddenly could no longer boot (I would hang during the boot). I tried a lot of cheat codes but nothing worked. Old versions continued to boot properly. About 6 months later (not to say I put 6 months of work into this one thing) I finally found that a combination of two cheat codes, noscsi and acpi=off, would allow the system to work. I have had to use these codes ever since. By the way, these codes also get me past the NIC problem I mentioned above, so I no longer have to do the manual reset and netcardconfig that I explained in the above threads.

I have a Belkin 802.11b PCMCIA card (ver. 2101) and also a Dlink DWL-650 802.11b PCMCIA wireless card for the notebook. I have never gotten either to work with Knoppix or any live Linux CD. Again, I have not installed to hard drive and I am not trying to get the wrapper and such to work from a CD boot, but neither card seems to be supported by Knoppix. It would be nice if Knoppix, or at least some of the more hacker orriented live CD's would support either of these wireless cards, but I can live without it.

KanotixUser

01-12-2005, 06:32 AM

I run Kanotix (imho, a better version of Knoppix) on an IBM T40.

1.5 Gig Pentium M
Centrino Wireless- IPW2100
512 Ram

no cheats needed

works great!

roofer

01-14-2005, 03:22 AM

I just last night loaded knoppix v3.6 to my 8500. Booting from CD works like a charm with no real problems (at least none that I've found, but it was just last night and I'm only getting back to it now).

The laptop is almost or is a year old, but it does have 512mb ram and a 40GB drive. It is a 2MHz P4. The one thing that does not really look good is the screen (on the laptop it's 15" wide) and the text and resolution aren't that great. Wireless card works great (that's how I'm getting here - via cable modem to a wireless adapter). USB works great, in fact, the CD was able to detect everything with no problems (I did boot as "no scsi" cuz I don't have any, so why look).

In that I'm new to these formus, I need to do some looking around, but my friends' Compaq (laptop) which is a couple of years old (1.2 Mhz P3, 512mb ram, 40GB drive, CDROM and DVD (separate devices)) did not boot from the CD (same one my Dell does boot from). It started but would hang very soon after that.

roofer

edit: I've loaded v3.7 today (Live CD). It too, works like a charm...

kurohyou

01-21-2005, 03:46 PM

I have one problem with my laptop, it's an Acer 1705Sci P4 3Ghz, 512RAM, 120G HD, NVidia FX go 5600
Knoppix doesn't recognizes my graphic card, it's no problem to boot in my 1280x1024 resolution but when I play a movie
the picture's not so good, I'm searching for drivers now for this graphic card but havent found them yet, but I'm just using knoppix
for a week now.

Martok

01-24-2005, 02:12 AM

hey y'all new to tha forum here, using knoppix 3.7 on a twinhead efio! 14a, AMD Athlon XP-M 2200. Booted up fine and since i know nutz about linux or knoppix, just discovering my way around. Just found a way to connect to the office network but strangely, the network printer dosen't show on the samba network neighbourhood.... but thats a topic for another area of the forum.... Cheers!

A.O.Q.

01-29-2005, 03:43 AM

i am using a new hp nc8000 and knoppix 3.7. it runs swimingly.

GFBurke

01-30-2005, 03:46 AM

I just setup a dual boot (XP Pro SP2 and Knoppix 3.7) on my:

B3 Intel Centrino 12.1" Slim BMobile.
(it's laptops that we sale, not some big manufacturer brand)
Intel M 1.6Ghz/2M Dothan uFCPGA2
Integrated 256MB uSODIMM DDR333
40GB
Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME video
CDRW/DVD
Intel 802.11bg PRO2100 (although device manager shows 2200)

Here is pictures (http://www.ramsinks.com/test.aspx) in case you wanted to see it.
About 2lbs.

Blank screen. I had to use 'fb1024x768' to make it work - otherwise it just gave me a blank screen.

Works great. Although I did have an issue of installing Knoppix and lilo, then rebooting and having no lilo - it just went to XP. I just re did the process and now lilo works. Incase somebody googles for it: "After install no lilo just XP". - Just re-do it.

Also I cannot get the audio to work or the WiFi to work. I'm not really concered about the Wifi because I just ordered an Orinoco Classic Gold. The audio is a SoundMAX intergrated. Anybody know how to get that to work?

Tom2000

02-09-2005, 12:22 PM

Contents deleted due to duplicate post. See my post below.

fpd

02-10-2005, 06:17 PM

Knoppix 3.7 installed on HDD and LiveCD on Compaq Presario 1200 (1.2 GHz)
I use a PCMCIA 56k MODEM to avoid the pain of the on-board software MODEM.

Tom2000

02-19-2005, 11:00 PM

**Preliminary Report**

Quick summary: v3.7 boots OK, no cheatcodes applied. No KDE toolbar in 1440x768 mode; 1024x768 OK. I'd call the installation a basic success. it was absolutely amazing to watch Knoppix detect everything and bring my laptop up as a functional Linux machine with no intervention required!

Laptop info:

P4, 3 GHz
1 GB RAM
Toshiba 80 GB, 5400 rpm HDD, formatted as one NTFS partition
nVidia GEForce Go 5200, 64 MB video RAM, 1440x990 17" screen
Realtek AC-97 sound chip
Alps touchpad
Pioneer K12D DVD/CD R/W
Atheros 802.11g wireless

I just received my Knoppix 3.7 CD yesterday, so I have only about two hours experience with the package. I fooled around with Linux in the kernel 0.95 days and haven't worked with Linux since, so I'd rate myself a Linux newbie, just about as new as can be.

Knoppix booted up to a 1024x768 KDE desktop, or into a 1440x900 desktop by including "screen=1440x900" command in the boot command. In 1440x900 mode, KDE didn't display a toolbar.
I need to follow up on this problem as I learn more about Linux in general, and Knoppix specifically.
1024x768 is fine, though, for preliminary testing.

Knoppix recognized my USB, Ethernet, and Firewire systems.. I didn't see any mention of wireless networking or (of course) the internal modem. It automatically found and activated the PCMCIA system and, of course, the CD-ROM drive. Sound output seems to work OK.

The biggest surprise was the Alps touchpad working right out of the box. I didn't expect that, at all. (It works as a normal 2-button mouse. The right-edge vertical scroll function doesn't work. No surprise there - it only recently became functional in XP with the latest - buggy - Alps XP driver. It will take the Linux world a while to catch up.)

I was able to successfully install Knoppix in the ramdisk, but haven't yet tested Knoppix' handling of the CD or DVD capabilities of this machine. Since there's not much RAM left for the system and no HDD write access, I suspect that I won't be able to do much with the drive unless I install Knoppix on the HDD. Likewise, I haven't actually connected anything to the USB, Firewire, Ethernet, or PCMCIA ports to see if they actually work.

I'll be happy to follow this up as I gain experience, if anyone is interested.

Thanks for these forums, and particularly, thanks to everyone involved in Knoppix' development. It's an amazing package!

Best Regards,

Tom
Seattle

Further info:

-- I can burn CD-R's just fine by loading Knoppix into the ramdisk with the toram switch at boot.
-- Starting Knoppix with the screen=1440x900 switch brings my machine up in the 1400x1050 mode, pushing the toolbar off the bottom of the KDE desktop screen.
-- I can't get Knoppix to recognize my USB flash drive.

Feb 16, 2005:

-- Installed Knoppix to the hard drive. It was very easy and goof-proof. For those struggling with CD/USB drive or poor man's HDD installations, go for the full HDD configuration. Your life will be much simpler.

-- The display is now working in 1440x900 using the new nVidia Linux driver "nvidia," found at http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html .
-- I've learned that the SmartLink driver, slmodem-2.9.10 ( http://www.smlink.com ), is supposed to drive this machine's winmodem.

Feb 17, 2005:
-- Verified that the CDROM works. No setup changes required.
-- The USB thumb drive is now recognized by hotplug after the HDD installation, and automounts as /mnt/sda1. However, I get no KDE desktop icon. Not a big problem...

Feb 19, 2005
-- Good news and bad news: The good news is that the modem is working. The bad news is that it's not working in Knoppix, but works just fine in Kanotix.

The only way I could get the modem to work was with the two Debian packages sl-modem-source-2.9.9a-i386.deb and sl-modem-daemon-2.9.9a-i386.deb under Kanotix. The .deb packages installed just fine under Knoppix, but KPPP didn't see the modem.

I'm sure I could sort out the problem if I knew a good deal more about Linux, but solving this problem is way over my head right now. I'm just happy that Kanotix got me on the air.

Well, that's it for this post. The machine is now, in my opinion, a functional XP/Linux machine. I'm happy, and I'll now go out and learn Linux.

Many thanks to the posters here on Knoppix forums, and those who have shared their experience on the net.. This machine would have been dead in the water without your advice!

foamrotreturns

02-21-2005, 07:32 PM

Knoppix 3.7 boots on my HP ZE4560us laptop.
cheatcodes: knoppix26 fb1024x768
Specs:
AMD XP2500-M
512MB DDR RAM
Broadcom Integrated wireless
external HDD and Flash drives work with little configuration

More info at my thread devoted to getting this model working:
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16917

pedingto

02-22-2005, 02:51 AM

Dell Inspiron 1100
P4 - 2.7ghz
Intel 82845GM Graphics Controller
256MB RAM

Using Knoppix 3.7 I can boot into X without any cheatcodes needed.
HOWEVER, If you use any (I assume unless they broke it in an update, don't particularly relish the task of flashing my bios with previous versions over and over again) bios revision prior to A32, it is impossible to get X to run in anything higher then 640x480 at 60hz, even with cheatcodes.

Now, at the startup, which was the same as before, when you pick whatever kernal with whatever cheat code, it says you've passed an invalid video number. Pressing space to skip choosing another one (with the A32) revision will boot into X, at 1024 x 768. Prior to the A32 revision when I tried to do that, X failed to load, unless I used scan at that menu.

If any other information is needed let me know :)

heh - edited to correct a typo I saw, I hate typos.

Edited: I'm a retard from Retardia. - Just noticed that in my bios the vid card was on 1mb, turning this to 8mb, fixes the undefined/invalid video number at startup. --though doesn't fix the prior to A32 640x480 bios problem :)

Olive

03-03-2005, 06:26 PM

Hi everyone,
My Sony VAIO VGN-FS115Z (http://vaio.sony-europe.com/ShowProduct.do?site=ite_en_GB&category=VN+FS+Series&product=VGN-FS115Z) boots successfully, although acpi=off is required.
The touchpad works.
USB does not work (my mouse, printer, scanner, modem are USB so I can't test them ATM).
No sound. The soundcard (Realtek AC'97) wasn't working in Win XP sp2 either until I installed drivers from realtek.com (http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dlac97-2.aspx?lineid=5&famid=12&series=8&Software=True).
Also, I wish I could set screen size to 1200x800 (might want to use recent Nvidia drivers (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-6629.html)).

Psycho

03-04-2005, 06:19 AM

I wish I could set screen size to 1200x800 (might want to use recent Nvidia drivers (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-6629.html)).

Olive, add the modelines below to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

Modeline "1280x800" 68.56 1280 1336 1472 1664 800 801 804 824 -HSync +VSync
Modeline "1280x800" 80.58 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 827 -HSync -Vsync

You'll also need to add the 1280x800 resolution to the screens sections.
That works 'good enough' on my HP Pavilion zv5270us

Regards,
--glenn

Psycho

03-04-2005, 06:42 AM

Hi all,

I have a hard drive install of Knoppix 3.7 on an hp zv5270us where everything important seems to work.

On board Realtek 10/100, nVidia 440 MX 64Meg, alps touchpad, dvd-rw should work, I just checked and there's a typo in menu.lst, sound works. It's plugging along at 800MHz, I'll have to get powernow! working. It works great in my Gentoo amd64 install in 'on-demand' mode.

The winmodem has no Linux driver, no great loss. The onboard Broadcom wireless works in Gentoo with the LinuxAnt driverloader, so I imagine it will work under Knoppix as well

Only one problem so far, the usb mouse locks up after a while and I'm reduced to the touchpad :(
I'll have to figure that one out... The touchpad is difficult compared to a real mouse.

Cheers,
--glenn

Olive

03-05-2005, 02:20 PM

jordanmcclements

03-23-2005, 05:33 PM

Got version 3.7 working by using the acpi=off switch...

tsudohnimh

04-13-2005, 05:14 AM

Running 3.7 on a Dell Inspiron 9100, 2.8GHz, 1GB RAM, dualbooting w/XP &Knoppix is mach speed

bsaber

04-15-2005, 06:43 PM

I have an Alienware Area-51m laptop, which is about 2 years old now, but hardware wise its still up to date.

My specs:

2.66 GHz P4 (Desktop Processor)
64 MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 M9
60 GB HDD (7200 rpm)
512 MB of RAM
Realtek AC (forgot the exact model) sound card

Works great without cheats on Knoppix 3.7 but I've lost sound on Knoppix 3.8.1. Anyone know how to fix this, like a cheat code or something? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

errfunction

04-18-2005, 02:47 AM

Works great "out of the box" on this 2004 Dell Inspiron 5100. I had no problems at all, with the exception of my Linksys Wpc54G wireless card(and I refuse to pay $20 for the win driver conversion) not being found. Other than that, everything functions beautifully.

2.8 ghz P4
512 mb
Ati Radeon 7500
SigmaTel C-Major

fpd

04-19-2005, 02:28 PM

Knoppix 3.8 on HP Pavilion ze4140. No cheat codes needed.

cpeter

06-21-2005, 03:36 AM

Knoppix 3.9 on Acer Travelmate 230

And Suse 9.1 (9.2 Gnome failed), Linspire, Mandrake Move

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Acer Travelmate 230:

Pentium Celeron 1.7G
DDR RAM 128Mx2
HD 40G ( C,D,E,F,G, all NTFS)
24x CD

Detail on Acer website

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I burned CD and then boot from iso file on E(hda6) withou CD, just edit "boot.ini" as a lot manual says, what's need you mention is that you should download a new "initrd" file which support NTFS format (for my all NTFS partition, if FAT32, may not).

I am now trying to store configuration on my disk and make the sound card work, if anyone hnow how to, please tell my, THX!

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The "initrd" file url:
for version 3.8.1 and former: http://s119307663.onlinehome.us/grube.zip
for version 3.8.2 and 3.9 : http://s119307663.onlinehome.us/Knoppix382.zip

batigolix

06-28-2005, 09:53 AM

display doesnt work correct

see my forum post: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19753&sid=e7cc01d3d497ad7ff238caa9852ef846

NitroSpazzz

06-29-2005, 04:22 PM

Gateway M275 running Version 3.9 great.

kynax

06-30-2005, 02:59 AM

Tried 3.8.1, 3.8.2 and 3.9. They all work fine, both booting from CD or from HD install.
Laptop is:
Dell Inspiron 9100
bios revision A05
P4 3.0ghz HT (prescott i think)
512ram ddr
Radeon 9700 64mb
100gb HD
C-Sharp Audio
BroadCom 440x 10/100 Ethernet

Everything works fine in all versions. Successfully booted in native 1280x800 resolution using screen=1280x800.
Haven't tried wireless.

bongski55

07-04-2005, 12:23 PM

Knoppix 3.8.1 works on Toshiba A3-101 okay but:

1.No sound
2.Internal modem(as usual) not detected.

I used knoppix to make a new partition.No problem encountered,so far anyway.

I have top figure out how to resolve 1 & 2 above.

jan4

07-13-2005, 09:11 AM

I’ve just posted my experience with Knoppix on a Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149:
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20042
Most things work fine (including the 1280x800 wide screen!), with a few glitches.

Capt. Cautious

07-20-2005, 10:43 PM

I have a hp pavilion ze4500 I'm using knoppix 3.8.1 & 3.9.1 Both will boot and both will run, albeit with some glitches, I have an AMD Athlon 2400+ w/1024MB DDR SDRAM. It has booted best w/ the noacpi option. Be sure your disk is clean and that the download will pull up on a comparable desktop (so you know it works). I tried every version from 3.3 through 3.7 without success. It wasn't until the adition of the unionfs that I was finaly able to access the I-net. I did get 3.6 to boot and while I got 3.7 to boot it kept crashing no matter What I did. Like I suggested I did use 3.7 on the home desktop a hp pavilion 733n. If the salesperson isn't willing to let you boot a live CD standing beside you (he might learn something) then you really don't need to purchase from them. There ARE other sources to purchase, especially when they know that the ability of the equiptment to load your disk is a purchase point.
I wish you good luck and I have heard that some of the intel chip/cpu's will not run Knoppix/linux uner any conditions.

Captain Cautious
07.20.05

B@se

07-22-2005, 10:03 AM

Hi I am runnig knoppix on a Fijitsu-Siemens Amilo k7600 and works fine with knoppix, used versions are 3.4 till 3.9 and all the hw works execpt the build in 56 Winmodem.

Capt. Cautious

08-03-2005, 12:04 AM

I know this is somewhat incoplete but I hope it is useful. I used Knoppix 3.8 with each machine. I didn't get the exact compaq model as the section manager, well read on-

I recently started the process of evaluating laptops for replaement of four next year. I did NOT evaluae HP as I already know that they tend to configure their hardware so that it works with Knoppix/Linux only with some serious reconfiguration and workarounds unless they set the machine up for their proprietary Linux.
I went to Best Buy who is the largest supplier in the area. Forst I looked at whatwas available. I limited the systems to the following base requirements. AMD cpu with 32 or 64 bit processor, 256-512 ram prefferably DDR or SDram

Toshiba 10721 - 360J series with Intel Celeron will not load, Knoppix hangs before hardware detection.

Gateway7510GX 64bit SCSI
Had to noscsi, noacpi. Bios overrides noacpi and will not load apm. Loading is very slow but it does function. The right click function won't work on the touchpad but does work with external mouse. many small glitches.

Compaq 64bit AMD
Clean load. Pointer and tap sensitivity needs to be decreased significantly and the keyboard accelerator needs to be at or near minimum. The capslock is reversed and will not clear. TO do standard you need to hit the shift key.

At this point I was preparing to do some program testing when the department manager came up to me and even knowing I was looking at replacing potentially 4 laptops he told me that I couldn't use the knoppix disk. His rational was that if we let one person do it we have to let everyone do it. He wasn't flexible nor did the concept of watching to insure the disk the potential purchaser uses isn't toxic or loads running programs.
He got a little pissy then and I told him that if I wanted to mess up his laptops, I didn't need the Knoppix disk to do it. I was asked to leave the store. I let the store manager know abut the potential sale he lost the store and she was pretty red faced when I walked out.
Incidently I posted this to the general laptop forum by mistake. hope it doesn't cause too much confusion. :)

By My Hand ~ I Remain,
Captain Cautious 2 Aug 05

m2bord

08-09-2005, 04:12 PM

I have been using Knoppix v 3.9 on my new Gateway 6810GZ laptop. It's a Centrino chipset with a Pentium M 1.7GHZ, 512 MB Ram, 60GB HD, Intel Graphics, etc...

The Conexant sound is not detected and my efforts to get it to work has been unsuccessful. I was able to get the wireless to work only after changing out routers.

This laptop is a variation of their M360 and it is only available at Best Buy....but I got it for 899 with no rebates.

ckamin

08-12-2005, 12:42 PM

Hi,

I have tried three notebooks so far and the results are as follows:

Dell Latitude CP-R 400 PII 256 Meg. Runs 3.4 and 3.6 without cheat codes.

Sony PCG-FR130 AMD Athlon 2000 M with 512 Meg Ram. Runs 3.4, 3.6, 3.8.2, 3.9, and the LinuxTag 4.0 DVD. ALL without cheatcodes. The only real issue I encountered was with DVD-R Media. The DVD Drive apparently does not read ANY DVD-R media reliably. It prefers DVD+R media and worked without any issues once I burned +R copy of DVD. A firmware update did nothing to correct this, but it did improve the CD writing slightly.

Compaq R3XXX Series, AMD Athlon 2800M, 512 Meg Ram. Runs 3.9 without cheatcodes. Will be trying 4.0 DVD sometime soon. Sorry, this is my girlfriends machine and I do not know the exact model number since she is not here right now and neither is the notebook. I just get to back it up and fix it if it breaks, just like her other PCs, Heating and Air Conditioning, Electrical Wiring, Light Fixtures, and her car, and the rest of her house and......... Just kidding, She is not quite THAT bad.

These units do not have wireless network cards and I do not use or test the modems. Displays are acceptable and sound works on all. Internal Network Cards and PCMCIA network card in the Dell worked without issues. I do not really put Knoppix through the paces and a more experienced user might notice something amiss. All seemed to be running ok and temperatures seemed normal. (I have a digital infrared thermometer and informally compared temps unders Windows and Knoppix and saw little difference.) Printing was OK once I figured out how to configure various units. 3.9 seemed more reliable for printing with some HP printers, but it may just be my imagination.

USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 apparently worked on these units as equipped. The Sony and the Compaq are equipped with IEEE-1394 and apparently worked. I did not try burning disks or large file transfers on external devices, but the limited trial was successful and both external drives I tried were recognized in most Knoppix Versions as I can recall. I did not connect any Camcorders or Digital cameras, so I cannot report on that.

I will probably have a few more Laptops to try over the next few months, but I am limited to These few and MANY Big White Boxes for now.

elchenbomber

09-26-2005, 11:56 AM

Hi there,
I use boot options 'nohwaccel acpi=off'
Knoppix runs without problems.
Only thing is, my usb stick is not recognized automatically.

Bastian

s-m-n

09-29-2005, 08:12 PM

I've got keyboard problems with Knoppix V3.8.1 on a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook. The boot prompt is the last point where the keyboard works, during boot process or in a console nothing happened if I pressed a key. In the Bugs wiki it's reported exactly. I hope the bug will be corrected in newer versions of Knoppix.

Johannhauser

10-01-2005, 03:49 AM

Pentium M (Dothan)
2000 MHz
Intel 915PM Express
2048 MB DDR2 SDRAM

Tested Knoppix 3.9 CD and 4.0 DVD with success. With persistent image in USB device. But only basic
funtions : Internet,sound,video,etc. Not tested Print,wireless...
Only not detected the sound volume device.

J.

dadkins

10-04-2005, 06:38 PM

Downloading the 9/23/2005 4.0.2 DVD now, I'll post after I get it burned and running.

Sony VAIO VGN-A190, 735 P-M Dothan 1.7GHZ, ATI Radeon 9700, 1920x1200 native resolution screen, 80GB HDD, Intel PRO Wireless 2200BG...

Looking forward to this! 8)

EDIT: So far, so good! Wireless is working fine, USB mouse is working fine(through docking station no less). :)
Looking good!

I doubt that the TV tuner will work... ah well.

kel333

10-21-2005, 06:26 PM

EDITED DUE TO NEWER POST BELOW! (DELETE IF NECCESSARY)

normanicus

10-24-2005, 06:54 PM

If you have a new or newish laptop that SUCCESSFULLY boots Knoppix, then PLEASE post (a) version of Knoppix, and (b) the model number and cpu details here. Does all hardware work? Did you need cheatcodes etc?

I'm having a hard time finding ones that I know will boot (given that store managers are often not happy about letting me try booting livecds). There is an astounding lack of information on the web concerning Knoppix on new laptops. :!:

I have a Dell Inspiron 510m. Let me know if you want the full spec.

Under Knoppix 3.3 nearly everything worked straight off. Only cheat code needed was screen=1280x1024 to get higher res. (I have the SVGA+ 1400x1050 LCD). Don't think the 1400x1050 works. One thing that does not seem to be in 3.3 is Wifi. Also having trouble getting a home on my USB hard drive to get recognised.

To try to advance I got the DVD version of Knoppix 4.02. This has been something of a disaster. To such an extent that I wonder if it is really Knoppix 0.402! It took me a whole weekend to get the display working. It was split in half and at 640x480. I had to move the mouse 'round the back' to get anything done. Finally I found that xmodule=i810 got things working. Once I got there I added screen=1280x1024 and that was the display OK. All efforts to use vsync and hsync seem to get ignored.

Next problem with 4.02 is that, while I get nice eye-candy icons for my USB partitions, none of them are mountable! I get a message like 'not a block device'. Now how can Knoppix get itself into this state? 3.3 has worked fine on at least three laptops so what has happened with 4? This USB problem is all the more exasperating as my main hard drive has died.

Next problem is that the Wifi card - Truemobile 1300 is not recognised. A pain.

So, in conlusion, anyone running 4.02 on an Inspiron 510m needs the cheat code xmodule=i810. I emphasise this as part of the problem was that I found many bits of advice amongst which was the right one. There seem to be a lot of people posting answers to stuff who are not actually speaking from experience. They are a danger.

Thanks for Knoppix,

Norman

kel333

10-25-2005, 02:11 PM

HERES A SHORTENED VERSION OF MY EXPERIENCE:

Compaq Presario R3200 Notebook ( I think this is the UK retail Model )..

SPECS:

AMD 64 Processor (1800Mhz)
512 MB RAM
NVIDIA Onboard AGP

WORKS WITH: KNOPPIX 4.0 (EN LANGUAGE VERSION) booting from cdrom (downloaded via http://www.torrentsearch.com/ )

CHEATCODES REQUIRED: On first boot the notebooks touchpad was not responding at all, this was corrected on the second boot. N0 CHEATCODES REQUIRED.

APPLICATIONS TESTED: SAMBA NETWORK APPLICATION - IMMEDIATE CONNECTION TO MY EXISTING HOME NETWORK.
CAFFEINE - IMMEDIATE PLAYBACK OF AVI'S, BUT NO AUDIO ON MPG4 FILES (LACK OF CODEC).
X PLAYER - PLAYS MP3 AUDIO FILES.
3K (CD/DVD BURNING APP) - NOT POSSIBLE TO USE WHEN BOOTING FROM CD UNLESS YOU HAVE ANOTHER CD BURNER.
I hope this helps someone.Thanks to all. :D

b0neZ

10-31-2005, 12:56 AM

Just installed Knoppix 4.0.2 on a Sony Vaio laptop (1.6 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, dvd-rw...) runs much faster than M$ XP Pro.
Now all I gotta do is get Knoppix to recognize the widescreen, then we'll be running smooth as glass.
As of the time of this post, all other systems and peripherals seem to be working just fine without any manual tweaking needed.

leonardo4it

11-01-2005, 07:57 PM

If you have a new or newish laptop that SUCCESSFULLY boots Knoppix, then PLEASE post (a) version of Knoppix, and (b) the model number and cpu details here. Does all hardware work? Did you need cheatcodes etc?

a) knoppix 4.0.2 live cd

b) Sony Vaio K115Z pentium 4 (M) 3.06 ghz wireless 802.11g connected with USR9106 router/gateway ADSL

b bis) it works!

c) cheatcodes ?? :-)

but here I'm trying get info to see/mount the memory stick pro interface to save some things...
if this is quick can some help me or should i go on searching... :-)

ciao
leo

weaselic125

11-03-2005, 01:49 AM

I've got a newish laptop and here are the specs:
HP Pavilion (not sure of model number)
AMD64 Turion ML-28 1.6GHz
512 MB ram
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 128 mb

The only thing I see that does not work is the wireless card (Broadcom) but that might be something in the bios i havn't tooled around with yet....but here's the interesting stuff

Knoppix runs extremely fast...not to boast, I mean, EXTREMELY fast. So fast, that the CLOCK goes about twice as fast as it should, and typing is really hard because even if my finger is on a key for a millisecond too long, it will type 16 letters that i didn't intend to type. I'm not exactly sure how operating systems work deep down, but I'm guessing that the time for calculating how much time should pass in one second is controlled by the hardware, which is why I am very perplexed as to why the entire computer and clock is running at an abnormally fast speed. I'm not really looking for a way to fix this, I'd just like to let you know cause it seems like a very interesting bug!

Health and Happiness
Rob

boko

11-08-2005, 07:00 PM

Hi,

Celeron mobile 1400, 512M ram.
Works out of the box. :)
Motorola wireless card works with NDISwrapper although I need to click through the Wavelan and network card configurations after a reboot.

DR.DEBUG

12-08-2005, 04:42 PM

If you have a new or newish laptop that SUCCESSFULLY boots Knoppix, then PLEASE post (a) version of Knoppix, and (b) the model number and cpu details here. Does all hardware work? Did you need cheatcodes etc?

I'm having a hard time finding ones that I know will boot (given that store managers are often not happy about letting me try booting livecds). There is an astounding lack of information on the web concerning Knoppix on new laptops. :!:

I have a Dell Inspiron 510m. Let me know if you want the full spec.

Under Knoppix 3.3 nearly everything worked straight off. Only cheat code needed was screen=1280x1024 to get higher res. (I have the SVGA+ 1400x1050 LCD). Don't think the 1400x1050 works. One thing that does not seem to be in 3.3 is Wifi. Also having trouble getting a home on my USB hard drive to get recognised.

To try to advance I got the DVD version of Knoppix 4.02. This has been something of a disaster. To such an extent that I wonder if it is really Knoppix 0.402! It took me a whole weekend to get the display working. It was split in half and at 640x480. I had to move the mouse 'round the back' to get anything done. Finally I found that xmodule=i810 got things working. Once I got there I added screen=1280x1024 and that was the display OK. All efforts to use vsync and hsync seem to get ignored.

Next problem with 4.02 is that, while I get nice eye-candy icons for my USB partitions, none of them are mountable! I get a message like 'not a block device'. Now how can Knoppix get itself into this state? 3.3 has worked fine on at least three laptops so what has happened with 4? This USB problem is all the more exasperating as my main hard drive has died.

Next problem is that the Wifi card - Truemobile 1300 is not recognised. A pain.

So, in conlusion, anyone running 4.02 on an Inspiron 510m needs the cheat code xmodule=i810. I emphasise this as part of the problem was that I found many bits of advice amongst which was the right one. There seem to be a lot of people posting answers to stuff who are not actually speaking from experience. They are a danger.

Thanks for Knoppix,

Norman

Thanks for the info. I'm using an Inspiron 510m myself and had trouble with the resolution. It's fixed now :-)
I didn't encounter the USB problem yet. Did it work well together with earlier Versions of knoppix ? If not you might try to use a different File System on it and check partition table.
cfdisk, qtparted, fdisk aso.

darkx

12-09-2005, 02:28 AM

does anyone know how to make it so that you are able to put the laptop into suspend/hibernate/standby mode, becuz i dont want my laptop LCD to be running 24/7.

i try setting it in the power control section, but when i go on hibernate/suspend mode the laptop just shuts off.
i'm currently running knoppix 4.0.2, i install it off the live CD.

chadlongstaff

01-15-2006, 10:56 PM

Knoppix 4.02 runs like a dream on this machine. My only query so far is how to increase the resolution from 1024x768 to 1280x768. Am I just being greedy?

Tom Tiger

01-16-2006, 11:22 AM

Toshiba M300 Portege

Knoppix 4.02
proc, Pentium M (centrino config) ULV (ultra low voltage) 1.2 GHZ
12" TFT, bluetooth (detected and working)
wireless (2200BG 802.11b/G) detected and working
normal lan working. sound working

No problems detected, I could run 4.02 without cheatcodes.

Tom

Tom Tiger

01-16-2006, 11:25 AM

Tecra S2
Centrino notebook 1.6GHZ

Tested with Knoppix 4.02
hangs during boot, use cheatcode knoppix nopcmcia, system boots and runs, sound and
display work (nvidia on board)
small update, the nic isn't activated by knoppix but it does find the wireless and works with the wireless (intel pro 2200BG)
internal nic is detected by knoppix as a Marvell ethernet controller (10/100/1000) I haven't tried any modules yet

Tom

Tom Tiger

01-16-2006, 11:40 AM

Centrino tablet notebook, 2.0 ghz 512 mb mem, 40 gb sata drive
Nvidia 6200 videocard

Tested with Knoppix 4.02
works but does not recognize the networkcard, funny enough it does see the wireless card
and works with it. Tablet pen does not work. Bluetooth not recognized (might be a defective card)
no cheatcodes nessecary

update 17-2-06, also tested with DSL on my usb watch boots and works from the usb stick with
DSL 2.1 but no networksupport whatsoever, no wifi and no nic.

Tom

Tom Tiger

01-16-2006, 11:44 AM

Intel Celeron 1.4 Ghz (1mb cache, 400mhz fsb)
graphics intel 852GM
works with 4.02 but doesn't seen any networkdevice
(wireless is a linksys from cisco)

Please note that the L10 is not a real Toshiba on the inside, it is a clone with
a Toshiba Logo.

Tom

Tom Tiger

01-16-2006, 12:23 PM

6000 series PIII, cd or dvd
trident xp videocard
Fully working, all onboard devices work with Knoppix 4.02
However, for good performance I would allways use the cheatcode
Knoppix dma because in some rare cases (not sure if this is a firmware problem since
the 6000 knows 2 firmwares) knoppix will fail to install, reinstalling with knoppix dma
solves the problem. (also works with Suse 9.1 and Knoppix 3.6)
No bluetooth module available for testing

60x0 series P4 celeron (tulatin), cd or dvd (this means 6050 and 6070)
trident xp videocard
Fully working, all onboard devices work with Knoppix 4.02
However, for good performance I would allways use the cheatcode
Knoppix dma because in some rare cases (not sure if this is a firmware problem since
the 60x0 knows 2 firmwares) knoppix will fail to install, reinstalling with knoppix dma
solves the problem unfortunatly this doesn't allways work well. Probably the combination
mainboard and videocard causes knoppix to mallfunction, install goes well but after install the
system boots and quits with Kernel panic BUT, installing another distro goes without problems
I'm running a 6050 with Mandriva 2005LE that works without problems (wifi included)

6100 series P4, cd or dvd
nvidia 32mb or 64mb videocard
Fully working, all onboard devices work with Knoppix 4.02
However, for good performance I would allways use the cheatcode
Knoppix dma because in some rare cases (not sure if this is a firmware problem since
the 6100 knows 2 firmwares) knoppix will fail to install, reinstalling with knoppix dma
solves the problem.
No bluetooth module available for testing
The 6100 series also works fine with Suse 9.1 10.0, Ubuntu 5.04, Knoppix 3.6, 3.81, Fedora core 4
Mandriva 2005LE (straight from the box) Mandriva 2006 (I've tested them all :-)

Tom

Tom Tiger

01-16-2006, 12:30 PM

Tested with Knoppix 4.02

Pentium M Celeron 2.4ghz, 512 mb memory
intel graphics, wifi card (old one from a 4600sp) DVD/CDRW
15" display

only one problem, after install the "kernel panic" problem, I reinstalled with but this time booted
with the cheatcode knoppix dma and then ran the install script. Problem did not return and the
system still runs perfectly.

Tom

Tom Tiger

01-16-2006, 12:34 PM

Tested with, Knoppix 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 3.81 and 4.02

Works with all versions but 3.6, 3.7 and 3.81 have wireless problems.

System is a PIII 800mhz (series goes from PIII 700 up to 1ghz, all celeron versions are 650 and 750 in europe mostly)
14" tft Trident XP/ai 16mb video card

No problems, works straight out of the box.

Tom

Tom Tiger

01-17-2006, 10:50 AM

Portege R100, ultra thin notebook, Centrino 1ghz, very light very cool but won't install knoppix through
the pcmcia cdrom, it boots from it but drops down to a limited shell, I've tried the cheatcode
Knoppix ide2=0x180 nopcmcia

Mandriva installs without problem, so using the data from mandriva I found out that the pcmcia cdrom is located
not at 0x180 but at 0x100, alas no effect.

It could be possible to use Knoppix 4.02 on the R100 but not without loading additional modules through the usb fdd.

The story will continue :-) I haven't tried all options yet.

Update April 2006, I've done it. Knoppix can be installed but difficult, you need to activate the pcmcia slots, which means booting by usb floppy. However, Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" activates the pcmciaslot during install (both the live and the install cd) and activates everything onboard. Knoppix 4.02 can be installed but with more work (build a boot disk with the pcmcia modules....) Not easy but doable. At this time my R100 test machine is running Ubuntu Debian.

currir55

01-18-2006, 08:20 PM

Knoppix runs extremely fast...not to boast, I mean, EXTREMELY fast. So fast, that the CLOCK goes about twice as fast as it should

This is a kernel bug from running 32bit linux on a 64 system, not sure if it has been fixed by now but it sounds like u have the nx6125 like me. (i had the same problems)

HP nx6125 brilliant system Linux supports bluetooth, wlan DVD-/+RW and graphics card fine in Mandriva 2006 64bit edition, doesn't support card reader/finger print sensor and I have not tested tv-out/exoansion slots in system but linux identifies them. No modem support but its a winmodem an am on the network in uni (10Mb/s yey!).
Knoppix didn't support X on my system back in version 3.x but i am burning the 4.0.2 DVD now and will post any success failiure i have, as i say linux works, may just be lack of drivers thats holding back knoppix as that supports everything from the command line :).
Linux has better/comparable support of the laptop as windows under 64bit, pain 2 get windows64 workin on it from what av read but am not going to bother 2 try.

Rob

MethodOne

01-26-2006, 11:12 PM

On my Compal DL70 (aka ChemUSA Chembook 2070) with the following specs:
1.73 GHz Pentium M
1GB RAM
128MB Mobility Radeon X600
1680x1050 resolution
Intel Pro Wireless 2915ABG

First, the KNOPPIX-based live CDs I used.

In the KNOPPIX 4.0.1 DVD, it gets to the splash screen as usual. Loads until video driver for my Radeon is not found, then continues with vesa driver at 1024x768. Intel Pro Wireless 2915ABG and Realtek wired NIC work right away, no support for my Winmodem, and volume and hot keys don't work. Tried several of the suggestions in this forum to get 1680x1050, but no results.

With KANOTIX 2005.4, things get better. Loads with xorg ati driver and starts with 1024x768. The "sudo fix-res 1680x1050" command and Ctrl+Alt+Backspace fixes the resolution problem. Wired and wireless NICs work out of the box. Winmodem is detected as an slmodem by knet and dials successfully, but I don't hear it dial. Volume and hot keys don't work.

DSL 2.1b doesn't detect my Winmodem or stretch to the resolution. IPW2915ABG and Radeon might work fine if I use the packages in the DSL repository, but I don't want to write an xfree86 config file from scratch or configure the ipw drivers. Wired NIC works fine.

Here are the other live CDs not based on KNOPPIX that I've used:

Ubuntu 5.10 has similar results to KANOTIX. The xorg ati driver loads right away to 1680x1050. Wired and wireless NICs work out of the box. No Winmodem support. Volume and hot keys don't work at all.

Linspire 5.0.69 (live version is free [gratis], but install version is not) required me to enter the xdriver=vesa cheatcode by pressing e, e, the cheatcode, Enter, and b. If I didn't do that, it would crash at a black screen, which resulted in XP Pro doing a chkdsk. Once I did get it loaded, the resolution was 1024x768. ipw card works fine, but I didn't test the wired NIC. I hope the Linspire developers make a fix to this problem soon.

NoJock

01-27-2006, 03:41 PM

Hi: All
I am totaly new to Linux. Have some hardware experance and not to good at spelling so if i do miss spell somthing for give me.
I just recently have gained an interest in linux someting to play with.
Computer Dell Latitude D510 celeron processor 1.4Ghz 40 gig hd running totaly from boot CD
Worked right out of the box, however the wifi (wich works great did take time to reserch and set up), is missleading
on how to setup. centrino intell 2200bg mini pci card. 8)
I dowloaded both the DVD and CD for 4.0.2 the CD seems to configure ok but the DVD has problems in set up wanting a password could not get it to configure at all. :D

Thanks Knoppix for a great learning Tool. :D :D

Uninewf

01-27-2006, 10:12 PM

Hi there.

Knoppix v. 4.0.2 is the first version of knoppix i have succesfully loaded on my Gateway M675. Although it loaded, some hardware was not recognized, the sound card is hopeless (as far as i can tell) and the wireless card is detected (with a wrapper) but dosn't want to work. I swapped out the broadcom wireless card for my GF's intel card and it worked on boot. Also the graphics card is a little glitchy, i cant force any res higher than 1024X768. (what you would expect from ATI). my sys info is:

Intel P4ht 2.8Ghz, 512mb 400Mhz DDRam, ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 w/128mb, 100Gb HDD(fujitsu 5400rpm), Broadcom wireless B/G, sagmatel cmajor sound card, WXGA 1440X900.

PS: oh yeah.... the P4 with HT shows up as dual processors. Two penguins show up on boot screen.

brandonius

01-29-2006, 09:50 PM

HEY EVERYBODY :) :) I JUST STARTED TO USE LINUX A MONTH AGO SO BEAR WITH......
i HAVE AN
HP DV1420CA LAPTOP
INTEL CENTRINO 1.6GHZ
2GB RAM
INTEL INTEGRATED GRAPHICS
100GB HD (PARTITIONED HALF AND HALF) NTFS / EXT3+SWAP
INTEL 2200 WIRELESS LAN
AFTER ALOT OF CHOOCHING I FINALLY MANAGED TO GET KNOPPIX INSTALLED ON MY HARD DRIVE. i HAVE THE GRUB LOADER INSTALLED SO I CAN BOOT INTO EITHER WINDOWS XP TABLET PCEDITION 2005 OR INTO KNOPPIX. I INSTALLED KNOPPIX THIS WAY: I USED PARAGON IN WINDOWS XP TO PARTITION MY DRIVE. THEN I REBOOT WITH KNOPPIX 4.0 DVD INTO KDE. I OPEN THE ROOT TERMINAL AND TYPE IN "KNOPPIX-INSTALLER" AND FOLLOW THE PROMPTS. BASICALLY I CONFIGURED THE INSTALL TO NOT FORMAT THE DISK, BUT JUST SET THE BOOT FLAG ON MY 2ND PARTITION AND TO SET THE INSTALL FOR "KNOPPIX LIKE ON THE CD" TYPE OF INSTALL. THE OTHERS ALWAYSLOCKED UP AFTER REBOOTING. eVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH SEEMS TO WORK FINE EXCEPT I AM STILL HAVENING TROUBLE FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET MY SCREEN RES UP TO 1280X768, AS OF NOW IT ONLY LETS ME CHOOSE UP TO 1024X768. iF ANYBODY KNOWS HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD TELL ME THANKS!

knoppixlaptop

01-30-2006, 05:05 PM

Laptop: Acer Aspire 5000
Knoppix: CD version KNOPPIX4.0

It booted perfectly with no cheatcodes. I haven't explored all the details yet. DHCP got me hooked up to the internet (via cable) with no problem.

It's beautiful.

I'm using it to recover data that I messed up when I went berserk installing Debian (I don't blame Debian -- I really did some dumb things). So far, so good. Thank heavens for "testdisk" (and photorec).

brandonius

02-01-2006, 09:12 AM

hi i just bought a new laptop its an acer aspire5672wlmi.
on the previous post i noticed somebody saying something about his aspire working fine with knoppix . i was wondering if this is the same model as mine?
here are the new lapps statsa
centrino 1.6x2 dual core1 gb ddr2 ram
512mb ati x1400
100gb sata hd
bluetooth
802.11abg wireless

knoppix is ripper and i just wanna know if i can install it with no problems????

Harry Kuhman

02-01-2006, 01:42 PM

knoppix is ripper and i just wanna know if i can install it with no problems????
I have no idea what you mean by knoppix is ripper but of course you can't install it with no problems. See answer #2 (http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/User:Harry_Kuhman).

elfgoh

02-17-2006, 11:46 AM

U may need to do some tweaking with cheatcodes. Check

http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes

For an Acer Aspire 5504, the following works:

boot: knoppix noapm noapic noagp xmodule=fbdev

Do a bit of tweaking with the cheatcodes and report back in here the "symptoms" u see.

Gd luck!

geophy_02

02-19-2006, 12:49 AM

Hi...im using a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200 laptop with a cyber 9525 (generic) video card in it....recently i lost my hard drive and so im running knoppix v3.9 off a cd...i have an external hard drive connected via USB and everything else works properly....but still i have a resolution problem which i cant solve with cheat codes...the screen resolution is always 640x480 and there is nothing else except that....can someone please help me out in this!!!!....

ronhawker

02-21-2006, 08:36 PM

My Compaq M2105US is running live under it very well. Wireless is an issue at first but solved fairly easily with Liunxant drivers. Booted right up with the live CD under Knoppix. :P

maocopy

03-23-2006, 07:22 PM

Hi

knoppix 4.01 works well on my FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO 1650 A except for the wifi card

Mauro

TrevorC

03-25-2006, 05:03 PM

Version 4.0 works with Hp Pavilion zd7000. i had some boot problems initally but using 'knoppix nopcmcia' fixes whatever the problem was

kjell1979

03-29-2006, 01:18 AM

I got my Dell Inspiron 2200 running on Knoppix 4.0.2. Most of the devices loaded with no fuss.

I did however have problems recognizing the Dell Wireless 1370 Internal Wireless card. For that I added the config setup steps in my knoppix.sh script on my USB flash media stick so it can do wireless on startup. It easy to setup the wireless manually if you have the bcmwl5a drivers handy and install them via the ndiswrapper script. Then you can run netcardconfig and you're up.

Another issue I'm having is the power management stuff. When I close the lid on the laptop, the system goes into an unrecoverable hiberation-like state. Luckily, I can power down pretty easily in knoppix since most of the corruptable stuff pushed to memory, but it's annoying nonetheless. I did encounter the same problem occasionally when I'd close the lid in WinXP Pro. I might need to update the BIOS or something. Any suggestions are welcome as I really haven't explored this section in depth yet.

Tom Tiger

04-12-2006, 03:13 PM

Pherhaps allready an oldy but still widely used here, 1ghz Pentium 3 processor
512 mb of ram, 20 gig drive and DVD drive.

Knoppix 3.6 and 4.02 used, both worked without problem, network recognized.
Weird thing, 4.02 installs but on two installs (out of 5) it installs in a lower resolution
(640x480 io 1024x768) no real problem, just adjust the xfconfig as root.

Kanotix 2005.1 works without problems and as a bonus activates the hotkeys for
the soundbuttons.

No luck on getting the tv-out to work..... Yet...

coolb

04-17-2006, 04:24 PM

Knoppix works well on my new lappie (http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Fujitsu-Siemens_Amilo_Pro_V2030_Laptops/prod.asp) slackware dose aswell :-)

coldfever

05-09-2006, 04:08 AM

Have it HDD install on my HP Pavilion ze5600 - 2.6ghz 768RAM 30gb HDD. KnoppixV4.0.2

No problems with the install whatsoever. Everything is working, networking, cdrom, mouse pad, lcd @ 1024x768.

ful2tiv3

05-19-2006, 08:50 PM

hello all
(a)Knoppix 5.0 dvd
(b)Acer travelmate 4151LMI
intel pentium m 725, 2mb l2 cache, 1.6ghz, 400mhz fsb
(c)needs knoppix noapic nopcmcia cheatcodes
802.11b/g wireless LAN works fine inc WEP

just trying to get the save config command to recognise something other than mnt/floppy, as this machine has no floppy!
will ask the question elsewhere.
runs better on the laptop than the desktop
the netgear wg311v3 wifi card won't work so far

jdardozzi

06-11-2006, 10:23 PM

Have knoppix 4.2 running on a new HP dv8000 with no problem - installed to HD not problem but I must an external mouse instead of the touch pad and the dvd drive does not work - which I find strange since it worked fine off the live-dvd. The native wireless card does not work but a D-Link AirplusG (DWL-g630) work right out of the box no problem. Hardwire to the internet was also no problem. USB external hard drives are also no problem.

Anyone have any ideas on the dvd drive?

Also, I want to use a Netgear USB wireless adapter as well but no luck.

Thanks....

westley52

06-12-2006, 11:39 AM

I am running an Acer Travelmate 4652 using Knoppix 5.0.1.

This version will boot fully, but with a black screen unless I use the cheat code acpi=off. Using this code, everything boots normally.

I was under the impression that this is most probably an issue with my notebook. However, I booted with GRML, and noted that acpi works in GRML. I receive the following success messages when booting GRML -

ACPI Bios found, activating modules.
ac battery button container fan hotkey processor thermal video
Starting acpidaemon

If it works under GRML, I'm sure that Knoppix could be fixed so that acpi could work with it also.

Thank you for all of the good work.

schizorage

06-18-2006, 12:06 PM

1.6 Ghz Pentium M
1 gig RAM
80 GB 4200 RPM HDD

Sound works fine
all system peripherals work fine with the exception of my Ethernet connection and my intel pro wireless 2200bg wireless connection, neither of them can be configured in any way I've found;

mbox 2 doesn't work (audio interface) but that is to be expected, since it only works in conjunction with ProTools

I'd really love to get my wireless/Ethernet working, but I've not been able to figure it out thus far.

wifiabc

06-26-2006, 11:21 AM

Acer Travelmate 2424. It boots up knoppix 4.0.2 and works fine except for wireless. Strangely GRML which was based on knoppix, works well including wireless right out of the box.

EDIT: Tested Ubuntu 6.06. It worked really well with my Acer 2424 right out of the box.

ggeller

07-02-2006, 02:04 AM

Knoppix 5.0.1 CD and IBM Thinkpad T30 Model T236685U boots and mostly works. See:

http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/User_talk:Ggeller

jork

07-10-2006, 03:23 AM

Dell Latitude D610, 1.8 GHz Pentium M, Intel 915 video, 1400x1050 native resolution, broadcom 57xx gigabit NIC

Knoppix 5.0.1 CD. I haven't tested the wifi in Knoppix yet (Intel ipw2200bg), but everything seems to work OK. I get 1280x1024 using this:

knoppix dma screen=1280x1024 vsync=60 xmodule=i810

:D

maestrobwh1

07-13-2006, 04:21 AM

Knoppix 5.01 CD version:
Edit: addition - Acer Aspire 3004LCi - Athalon 3000+ (1.8GHz)
The only thing that does not work is my wireless. The internal broadcom wireless is identified but won't work, my Netgear MA401 card works or so I think except kwifimanager won't let me change the automatic settings in the configuration editor to that eth0 assigned to the MA401... so it uses the broadcom all the time... well, it lets me change it, but the menu bar on kwifimanager still says eth2 rather than the eth0 assigned to my MA401 card. If I reopen kwifi and the configuration editor, it does say eth0, but the menu bar says eth2 still.

I am still using knoppix 4.02 The only issue there is that it doesn't see my battery and 5.01 does.

Edit: addition - Ndiswrapper in 4.02 works with the broadcom wireless card... or if I just want it to work quick, I just put in the Netgear MA 401 or linksys WPC 11, version 3 card in and it is all pretty much automatic to get connected[/b]

sven_m2k

08-08-2006, 09:28 AM

If you have a new or newish laptop that SUCCESSFULLY boots Knoppix, then PLEASE post (a) version of Knoppix, and (b) the model number and cpu details here. Does all hardware work? Did you need cheatcodes etc?

(a) Successfully booted Knoppix 5.0.1 CD -de-
(b) Acer Aspire 1693WLMi Intel Pentium M 750 1.8 GHz / 1 GB DDR2 / ATI Mobility X700 128 MB VRAM / 15.4"

Cheatcodes:
- for getting Knoppix to boot and running X
"knoppix acpi=off xmodule=fbdev"

-for getting also the radeon driver to work in a 1280x800 screen resolution
(the process is booting into "init 2" - editing the xorg.conf - running X with "init 5"
mostly quotation marks mean this has to be typed at the terminal, when editing the file it shoukd be exactly like written here (even with quotation marks"

"knoppix 2 acpi=off"
editing the xorg.conf with "joe /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
in section "Monitor" deleted all VESA modes
in section "Device" replaced Driver "<whatever>" with Driver "radeon"
added Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,Auto" before EndSection
in section "Screen" in every Subsection "Display" added to every Modes line "1280x800" in first place
press "CTRL-K x" to save & exit joe
type "init 5" and press ENTER to run X

explanations:
if MonitorLayout was not added the display remained black
if 1280x800 was not added the 1024x768 mode was used instead, not really user friendly
I described everything in detail since I am new to Linux/Knoppix and had even a hard time to edit a file on the command line with editor joe, for info type "man joe" in a terminal window or press "CTRL-K h".

Additional Hardware:
- network card working
- additional hardware like modem, wlan, cardreader could not test
- for info https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/AcerAspire1692WLMi (similar model)

Sven

Kardall

09-06-2006, 01:21 AM

Alrighty, I just got the CD burned finally after running the STD version, but now I've gotten the 5.01 CD and it works awesome. WAY better :D

KDE!!!! never worked on this laptop properly before, now it works flawlessly.

Compaq Presario V4000

Only problem, is the Wireless Card that comes with it, not supported. It's one of those killswitches that Windows knows to enable (with the button or without) and Linux doesn't know how :/ If only we could figure that part out LOL

Anyway, I am gonna get a WMP54G I think (borrow from work) and if I can get it to work from the CD with a slight modification to config's then i'll post exactly what I did starting from boot. Perhaps a install kind of cmd to adjust some sort of config... i dunno lol.

As far as the keys are concerned, most don't work. The Fn keys don't work 100% and the multimedia keys are well windows based ... ugh. Anyway...

Happy Hunting :D