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    no desktop on a Dell optiplex Gx150

    hello.
    I am trying to run knoppix 6.4 on my dell optiplex gx150. I get to the desktop and then the screen goes into sleep mode. The menu bar has no items and I can't move the cursor before the screen flashes a few times and sleeps. I ctrl+alt+F1 and can get to the system terminal. I tried gnome and kde as the desktop enviorments and didn't have any success. My system has 512mb ram and uses intel integrated graphics. Please give any ideas?

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    Have you tried "knoppix xmodule=vesa" at the beginning when you loaded Knoppix?

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    I actually tried "knoppix no3d" and that fixed it. I found my 6.7 disk and it seems to fix the problem altogether.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ryanvade View Post
    I actually tried "knoppix no3d" and that fixed it. I found my 6.7 disk and it seems to fix the problem altogether.
    With so little RAM and a not so-hot CPU (OptiPlex GX150s are very old), I'd stick w/ the default GUI [LXDE]. The 'L' in LXDE is for Lightweight and it's a lot less demanding than KDE....

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