Cheatcodes for Spanish lang and keyboard don't work for me in v7.4.2

[Porteño]

I'm using v7.4.2 in a pendrive made with flash-knoppix. After typing knoppix lang=es and entering the password only a black screen is shown. Same behaviour with keyboard=es.

Is there some workaround for this?

Thanks,
Eduardo

[Werner P. Schulz]

Are there error messages using the cheatcode "knoppix testcd noimage" (omit "lang=es")?

[Porteño]

After telling

Knoppix 7.4 found at: /dev/sdb1
Checking Knoppix/Knoppix...

a few minutes later the OS shows a black screen and gives no other sign of being alive. It no even asks for a password.

[Werner P. Schulz]

It looks like a hardware error. Did you test RAM with the cheatcode "memtest" (not "knoppix memtest") for some hours?

[Porteño]

Will use another netbook, same model, and then I'll tell you. But cheatcodes worked fine with v7.2...

[Porteño]

Now I used both netbooks, but kept watching the screen:

Knoppix 7.4 found at: /dev/sdb1
Checking Knoppix/Knoppix...
ALL FILES OK
...
The graphical environment...

And then the black screen.

[Werner P. Schulz]

Can you switch to a console using [Ctrl Alt F2] and see anything? If so, type
su
rebootand try some of the other cheatcodes to find a solution for your graphic chip. "memtest" had no errors?

[Porteño]

The OS does not respond to Ctrl Alt F2.
Will run memtest tonight.

Thanks, Werner.

[Porteño]

After a time far from Knoppix because of a Synaptic problem, I’m using it again as my main OS.
When I enter cheat codes "knoppix keyboard=es xkeyboard=es" Spanish keyboatd works fine, but with
LABEL knoppix
KERNEL linux
APPEND lang=en keyboard=es xkeyboard=es apm=power-off initrd=minirt.gz nomce libata.force=noncq hpsa.hpsa_allow_any=1 loglevel=1

in /mnt-system/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
it doesn’t.

Is this the file I have to edit?

Thanks.

[Werner P. Schulz]

Which Knoppix version? Which installation - "Flash disk install" or "HD install"?
Have also a look at the end of Cheat Codes → Micro-Remastering (http://knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes).

[Porteño]

Sorry, I forgot to tell, could be I'm the target of some Dr. Alzheimer attack. Knoppix version: 7.4.2 Installation: Flash disk install I've just seen the last part of Cheat Codes → Micro-Remastering. What should I look for?

[superman]

@ Porteño

There may be more than one lines needed to be changed in the syslinux.cfg file. If KNOPPIX is booted with 64-bit architecture, syslnx32.cfg and syslnx64.cfg also need to be amended; just got that info from the footnote of Micro-Remastering section. Another quick way to see if the cheatcodes have passed through successfully is to check the content of /proc/cmdline

cat /proc/cmdline
If the cheatcodes do pass through but the keyboard isn't of Spanish layout, then... sorry... cannot be of any help....

[jalb]

lang=en? You can always open a root terminal and type: setxkbmap es

[Porteño]

Thanks, @jalb, it works fine. Is there some way to avoid typing it every time I begin Knoppix?
Of course I did what is said in Microremastering, but can't get it working.

[Porteño]

Thanks @superman.
The output for cat/proc/cmdline includes "keyboard=es xkeyboard=es" when I enter the cheat code keyboard=es, and doesn't include them when I don't.

I'm wondering about

There may be more than one lines needed to be changed in the syslinux.cfg file.

I only added "keyboard=es xkeyboard=es" to syslinux.cfg here:

LABEL knoppix
KERNEL linux
APPEND lang=en keyboard=es xkeyboard=es apm=power-off initrd=minirt.gz nomce libata.force=noncq hpsa.hpsa_allow_any=1 loglevel=1

[Porteño]

Have also a look at the end of Cheat Codes → Micro-Remastering (http://knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes).
I am not using the 64 version, my CPU is
cpu:
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz, 1666 MHz
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz, 1666 MHz
bridge:
Intel Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx DMI Bridge
Intel NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
Intel NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2
Intel NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3
Intel 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
Intel NM10 Family LPC Controller

[jalb]

Try with lang=es In some computers it doesn't work and I forgot which líne to change and where, sorry.