I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 with internal mini-pci wi-fi card.
I am using Knoppix 3.4.
Problem 1. at boot the internal wi-fi card is identivied as Intersil PRISM2 but fails to initialise, reporting 'resourse in use'.
Problem 2. When Knoppix boots up to X11, the video resolution is only 800x600 and no documented methods can get the resolution up to 1024x768.
I tried all kinds of cheat codes but eventually these options at boot prompt seem to have resolved both problems:
knoppix acpi=off nousb noddc (although I suspect that nousb is not essential).
The wifi card is initialised now and the video is 1024x768. This is from the XFree86 log file:
(--) TRIDENT(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) TRIDENT(0): *Mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) TRIDENT(0): Modeline "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 8
06 -hsync -vsync
(**) TRIDENT(0): *Mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(II) TRIDENT(0): Modeline "800x600" 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +
hsync +vsync
I hope this will help someone with similar problems.
Cheers,
Konstantin
Apple Computer Vintage sheet of 1990s rainbow logo stickers 2 Sticker Sheet
$4.80
Vintage PC Desktop Computer Case, IBM AT Clone Style w/ Power Supply, Hardware
$145.00
Vintage Dot Matrix Printer Contin Feed Paper 8.5 x 11. Lots of 5 to 250 sheets.
$4.00
Vintage MOSUK 2-Button Beige Trackball PS/2 Wired Mouse - Verified
$15.99
Vintage Compaq CRT VGA Computer Monitor MV740 17" 1280 x 1024 Retro Gaming
$100.00
Vintage 1995 IBM 350 P100 Personal Computer PS/2
$109.99
Vintage Apple Software Bank 16K Bytes Add-In Memory A2M0016. s8
$69.99
Epson MBM-2095-E Vintage Monochrome Monitor (Does not Turn On)
$105.99
IBM DisplayWriter Vintage Word Processor CPU
$204.97