-
Knoppix not booting. Help.
Alright, my friend recently ran into some troubles while trying to dual boot linux on his laptop, so he's been running off knoppix for the last few weeks. Anyway, yesterday he pressed "ctrl + alt + esc" to try and kill an application's process. Instead, the screen went black and he said when he tried to boot into knoppix, it gave a ton of errors and failed to boot. I burned him a fresh copy of knoppix and he said it gives him the same errors as the last disk. Does anyone know what that key combo did? (maybe he pressed the wrong key combo). And, is there anyway he can fix it so that knoppix will boot again?
-
Senior Member
registered user
Knoppix is a live CD, it can be installed permanently but is definitely not recommended for beginners.
Ctrl-alt-escape brings up xkill which can kill a non-responsive window or app, running under X windows. It wont do any permanent damage to an operating system.
No-one can help you unless you post the error messages, but unless your friend is an experienced user, he will not be able to fix the problem, which is why knoppix is not recommended for beginners or for a permanent install.
Failed to boot? You are seeing "a ton of errors" so do you mean that you cannot get to the kdm login screen or get to a console? If you are at a console, the last message maybe login, if so, the X server is not starting and the clue will be in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Similar Threads
-
By jtsymbo in forum Hardware & Booting
Replies: 2
Last Post: 01-23-2006, 01:08 AM
-
By Generix in forum General Support
Replies: 2
Last Post: 06-10-2004, 04:51 PM
-
By MavetLaAravim in forum General Support
Replies: 3
Last Post: 03-04-2004, 04:58 AM
-
By p3 in forum General Support
Replies: 14
Last Post: 09-17-2003, 09:01 PM
-
By Mindfield in forum General Support
Replies: 4
Last Post: 02-24-2003, 07:16 PM
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
![IBM Server Rack Cabinet 9308-RC4 picture](/store/img/g/tSIAAOSwSUpmAe1K/s-l225/IBM-Server-Rack-Cabinet-9308-RC4.jpg)
IBM Server Rack Cabinet 9308-RC4
$209.00
![IBM System X3250 M3 Server 8GB RAM Intel Xeon x3440 2.53ghz (NO HDD) picture](/store/img/g/M~sAAOSwFVlkVr-r/s-l225/IBM-System-X3250-M3-Server-8GB-RAM-Intel-Xeon-x344.jpg)
IBM System X3250 M3 Server 8GB RAM Intel Xeon x3440 2.53ghz (NO HDD)
$36.53
![IBM System p5 9131-52A 3.5](/store/img/g/iZ4AAOSwcBxmYJo7/s-l225/IBM-System-p5-9131-52A-3-5-4-Bay-Server-80P6787-1-.jpg)
IBM System p5 9131-52A 3.5" 4-Bay Server 80P6787 1 CPU 2GB 6 HD CADDIES TAPE BU
$250.00
![IBM Netezza 3567 picture](/store/img/g/-uEAAOSw4ixmWekl/s-l225/IBM-Netezza-3567.jpg)
IBM Netezza 3567
$5000.00
![IBM Power S822 8284-22A 12SFF Power8 3.89GHz 6Core 64GB RAM No HDD Server System picture](/store/img/g/xiEAAOSwwGtmRmN6/s-l225/IBM-Power-S822-8284-22A-12SFF-Power8-3-89GHz-6Core.jpg)
IBM Power S822 8284-22A 12SFF Power8 3.89GHz 6Core 64GB RAM No HDD Server System
$359.99
![IBM 8202-E4D Power 720 Server 3.6 GHz 4-Core (EPCK) IBM i V7R2 4x300gb HDD @15k picture](/store/img/g/1eUAAOSw5uxmdccr/s-l225/IBM-8202-E4D-Power-720-Server-3-6-GHz-4-Core-EPCK-.jpg)
IBM 8202-E4D Power 720 Server 3.6 GHz 4-Core (EPCK) IBM i V7R2 4x300gb HDD @15k
$596.25
![IBM x3650 M4 Server Intel Xeon E5-2640 (x2) 144GB RAM No HDDs (#4XN7N) picture](/store/img/g/~~AAAOSwFFZmeyKv/s-l225/IBM-x3650-M4-Server-Intel-Xeon-E5-2640-x2-144GB-RA.jpg)
IBM x3650 M4 Server Intel Xeon E5-2640 (x2) 144GB RAM No HDDs (#4XN7N)
$199.99
![IBM BladeCenter HS20 8843 55U Server - 2x Intel Xeon 4GB RAM - NO HDDs picture](/store/img/g/MhgAAOSwMa9kQvQM/s-l225/IBM-BladeCenter-HS20-8843-55U-Server-2x-Intel-Xeon.jpg)
IBM BladeCenter HS20 8843 55U Server - 2x Intel Xeon 4GB RAM - NO HDDs
$21.48
![1U IBM x3550 M5 4 Bay SFF SAS3 Server 2x E5-2683 V3 28 Core 128GB DDR4 2x Tray picture](/store/img/g/RRoAAOSwonVguq4o/s-l225/1U-IBM-x3550-M5-4-Bay-SFF-SAS3-Server-2x-E5-2683-V.jpg)
1U IBM x3550 M5 4 Bay SFF SAS3 Server 2x E5-2683 V3 28 Core 128GB DDR4 2x Tray
$318.00
![IBM Server System X3100 M4 | Xeon @ 3.10 Ghz | 8GB | 250GB HDD No OS (IG-PC26) picture](/store/img/g/vCUAAOSwSJhlCJV3/s-l225/IBM-Server-System-X3100-M4-Xeon-3-10-Ghz-8GB-250GB.jpg)
IBM Server System X3100 M4 | Xeon @ 3.10 Ghz | 8GB | 250GB HDD No OS (IG-PC26)
$112.95