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    Just renaming the files...

    Just renaming the files /usr/share/sounds/startup.ogg and /usr/share/sounds/shutdown.ogg will disable the startup/shutdown sounds.

    (This works if you have a persistence partition/file on your...
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    Alt+F1 to bring up start menu in lxde

    I've been using knoppix for a long time, and I never knew that Alt+F1 would bring up the start menu (lxde calls it the launcher).

    Because I didn't know this, I've always had to plug in a mouse to...
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    startup sound - any cheatcode to disable?

    I've got a laptop that has really loud speakers, and every time I start knoppix it will blast my ears. Is there a cheatcode to disable the startup sound?

    NOSOUND will disable the sound...
  4. One thing I've noticed on some systems is that...

    One thing I've noticed on some systems is that get-edid sometimes doesn't work, and if you do "sudo modprobe i2c-dev" that will allow "sudo get-edid" to work properly.
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    Adjusting block device readahead

    I got a new external crucial X8 usb 3.0 ssd and it reports a very large blocksize.

    Unfortunately, it seems to make playing videos over the network with samba have problems. It may also be...
  6. I can't explain the strange behavior. Perhaps it...

    I can't explain the strange behavior. Perhaps it behaves a little differently if you're installing to a hard disk versus a removable usb drive.
    Is your system booting as UEFI or legacy?

    ...
  7. You might also try to use the cheatcode fromhd ...

    You might also try to use the cheatcode fromhd

    like

    knoppix fromhd=/dev/sda1

    On my asus eeepc 900a laptop, I can boot from different filesystems (internal HD, SD card reader, usb drive)...
  8. Using knoppix 9.1 with cvt/xrandr to test monitors

    I like to try to find monitors that will support 15khz signals (like for the Amiga). So I try a bunch of different resolutions with cvt but it's really a pain to do it manually.

    So I resolved to...
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    Running terminator on startup

    I wanted to start terminator when knoppix loads, so I made a desktop entry file in .config/autostart

    Calling the file mybash.desktop it consists of


    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=mybash...
  10. Doing things from the virtual terminal on the X screen

    I think I may have figured out how to do things from the virtual terminals to affect the X screen.

    The vt for X is 6 so we can do:

    chvt 6 to switch to the virtual terminal 6

    Next we need to...
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    Ctrl Alt T to startup terminator

    I'm so used to hitting CTRL+ALT+t to start up a terminal, here's how to do it in knoppix 9.1.

    Go to Preferences/CompizConfig Settings Manager then click on General / Commands, set command line 1...
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    Installing to a nvme M2 drive problems

    I installed an M.2 nvme drive in a Lenovo m710s and wanted to install knoppix 9.1 to it but am having some issues.

    The flash installer doesn't see it as a hard drive or a flash drive.

    It does...
  13. I like to work with monitors and ddc: ...

    I like to work with monitors and ddc:

    gddccontrol is useful to control your monitors
    ddcutil vcpinfo will tell you what your monitor ddc supports

    with read-edid and edid-decode you can do: ...
  14. I tried it recently and the bit torrent tracker...

    I tried it recently and the bit torrent tracker is back up. Cool!
  15. A couple of others that are kind of fun: ...

    A couple of others that are kind of fun:

    xzoom (zoom in and rotate on the screen z to rotate, x to flip x, y to flip y, +/- to zoom, arrows to fine position rectangle)
    grafx2 (256...
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    Finding out what's installed with apt-mark

    "apt-mark showmanual" will show you all packages that you have manually installed
    "apt-mark showauto" will show you all packages that are automatically installed

    "apt-mark showinstall" will...
  17. Some useful debian packages to install in knoppix 9.1

    Some things I've found useful to add to knoppix from debian bullseye packages:


    baobab (which you may know as the ubuntu disk usage analyzer)
    xdiskusage
    ncdu (netcurses text mode disk usage...
  18. Link to bittorrent tracker on "Get Knoppix" seems to be down

    Lately, I've been getting this message when I try to go to the bittorrent tracker site:

    Unable to connect

    Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at torrent.unix-ag.uni-kl.de:6969
    ...
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    Knoppix 9.1 making knoppix-data.img and tohd

    I like to use the cheatcode tohd to put the knoppix dvd onto the hard drive. However, I didn't use mkimage when I ran it initially. (I don't know if that would make a difference)
    For some reason,...
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    Samba and older windows systems

    I still like to use my older systems, and I want to access some smb shares and vice versa.

    Now remember that older systems are a "security risk" and I don't have these connected to the internet. ...
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    Being able to compile mame in knoppix 9.1

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    Being able to compile mame 238 in knoppix 9.1
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    What's necessary to compile mame is just:

    sudo apt-get install git build-essential...
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    ========================= Getting the...

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    Getting the joystick/gamepad working (using setfacl)

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    Okay, I have spent way more time than I ever wanted to fiddling with permissions and...
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    ========================= Knoppix 9.1 and...

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    Knoppix 9.1 and other emulators

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    You can get other emulators running also, not just mame. I was able to get:

    atari800
    vice (name of...
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    ========================= Knoppix 9.1 and mame...

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    Knoppix 9.1 and mame 235

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    You can install mame 235 and run under knoppix9.1 by getting the debian i386 packages from testing (bookworm):
    ...
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    ========================= Knoppix 9.1 and mame...

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    Knoppix 9.1 and mame

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    I wanted to see if I could get knoppix9.1 working with mame,

    "lsb_release -a"
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