Johan
04-08-2007, 03:44 PM
I just downloaded the Knoppix 5.1.1 LiveCD version iso file and burned it to a CD. I made 3 CDs, just in case the burn was bad. One at 12x speed, one at 16x speed, and one at 40x speed. I tried each of them on my PC (1 GB PC3200 RAM, 3 Ghz P4, GeForce 6200 PCI). The problem is that Knoppix (or any other distro, including "DSL") will not work. It gets stuck at the line where it is loading the hot-plug hardware detection, and I can leave it for hours (and have) and it will not change. Under the Help section, I have tried disabling all hardware detection and using the "bad bios" configuration, all to no avail. I have also tried it on both of my PC's drives (A CD/DVD burner and a CD/DVD reader) and have tried loading it to RAM and running it that way.
All of the discs work on both my laptops (an old IBM with 364MB RAM and a 1 Ghz P3 and a Dell with 1 GB RAM and a 1.7 Ghz Dual Core Intel) and on a PC that is IDENTICAL to this one, except for the graphics card (that one has an integrated one, while mine has a BFG GeForce 6200 256MB DDR PCI, to be specific).
So, I have several questions:
1) Is the graphics card causing the problems?
2) Are there any known problems with Knoppix and my graphics card?
3) Are there any other cheatcodes I should try?
4) Will removing my graphics card (temporarily) and switching it with a Radeon 9250 work?
5) Is there an older version of Knoppix I should try, in case it works? If so, what and does it include Beryl?
6) Is it another problem and, if so, how can I solve it?
Any help is appreciated.
Edit: I tried again. This time, it gave me an error before freezing. This is what it said:
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Fatal Exception in interrupt
Then it froze, and I had to use the power button on my PC to restart it and remove the CD.
All of the discs work on both my laptops (an old IBM with 364MB RAM and a 1 Ghz P3 and a Dell with 1 GB RAM and a 1.7 Ghz Dual Core Intel) and on a PC that is IDENTICAL to this one, except for the graphics card (that one has an integrated one, while mine has a BFG GeForce 6200 256MB DDR PCI, to be specific).
So, I have several questions:
1) Is the graphics card causing the problems?
2) Are there any known problems with Knoppix and my graphics card?
3) Are there any other cheatcodes I should try?
4) Will removing my graphics card (temporarily) and switching it with a Radeon 9250 work?
5) Is there an older version of Knoppix I should try, in case it works? If so, what and does it include Beryl?
6) Is it another problem and, if so, how can I solve it?
Any help is appreciated.
Edit: I tried again. This time, it gave me an error before freezing. This is what it said:
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Fatal Exception in interrupt
Then it froze, and I had to use the power button on my PC to restart it and remove the CD.