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I've got Knoppix 4.0.x (hd install) running on this super old Gateway 200STM laptop. Everything is good to go. Including wireless (several profiles) and multimedia (especially all my tunes). xmms kills WMP and iTunes.

I also just got the 5.0.1 DVD and it runs live perfectly on said machine.

I just found a dinosaur of a laptop. A Micron ZX and the install of 5.0.1 from DVD is a little rough. The HD is only like 6GB. I may pass an ignore command or something.

I wish everyone could understand the joy I get from using Knoppix. *sighs*

ITRONIX IX260
Knoppix 5.0.1
1G USB drive w/PDI

Knoppix runs fairly stable but I have the following issues.
Maybe one/some of you nice folks can come up with
some ideas on how to get my laptop running a bit
smoother.

1. The PDI works fine but loads very s l o w. Sometimes
it takes up to 8 minutes to boot.

2. I got the wireless to work but it's slow to load web pages and
email. Not sure if it needs some sort of tweak or if there's a
hardware conflict that slowing things down. http://jumi.lut.fi/~junousia/hymiot/...ikeapaatos.gif

3. I'd also like to disable the tap/click option from the touchpad
so only the the buttons are used to select items. This is very
irritating for me but can't figure out how to make the changes.

I figured I'm not doing too bad for a newb but any help would
be greatly appreciated.

Marshall

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Originally Posted by rasdamaan

1. The PDI works fine but loads very s l o w. Sometimes it takes up to 8 minutes to boot.

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I have no idea what PDI is, so this may not apply, but a high speed burn is frequently the cause of slow booting problems, see this thread for just one of many examples. That you used the word sometimes reinforces my guess that this is the issue.

I can get Knoppix 5.0.1 LiveDVD to boot on my MacBook Intel Core Duo, specs at the bottom.

I have to use this cheat code to get it to boot:
knoppix acpi=off pnpbios=off noapic noapm -- Otherwise I press Enter to boot Knoppix and it just hangs.

It SEEMS to be working okay, loading basic programs and such, but I haven't tried too much because the keyboard and mouse (built-in or USB compact mouse) are EXTREMELY sluggish. I can use the arrow and Enter keys to navigate the menus fairly well, no problems there, but when I try to move the cursor or type something, they take forever to respond. The mouse seems unresponsive (it waits two or three seconds before responding, then moves in a jerky, slo-mo motion), and pressing a key (especially if it's a capital letter) often makes the letter appear a number of times. Erasing those and typing again, however, works if I'm slow.

This problem is truly frustrating and I can't take the time to work for five minutes just to open a program, so I haven't been able to use Knoppix.

MacBook Specifications
Intel Core Duo 2GH processor
1G 667MH memory (two 512 sticks)
60G hard drive
DVD-R/CDRW Superdrive (plays and records both CDs and DVDs)

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Originally Posted by Harry Kuhman

I have no idea what PDI

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Persistent Disk Image. I try to talk Nerd and am called out. :oops:

Hi all. I am running 5.0.1 live CD on a dell inspiron 6000. I ahd to use the fb1280x1024 cheat to get it to show up on the wide screen, but now it is working great. I haven't set up the wlan yet, but lan is working fine. here my system specs. Dell inspiron 6000, intel pentuim m 1.6GHZ, 1 GB ram, 40 GB HD, CD/DVD burner, 3GB USB external drive.

I am new to this and have only been tinkering for 2 days, this forum is invaluable in helping out a newbie. Thanks.

Wade

Yay successfully loaded.... The first couple of times I loaded it, it would hang o finding DVD in \hdc\hda or something like that. I use cheatcode "nodma" starts without any problems, my LAN works fine but haven't tested out the wireless yet, I think this is the best ditro to test out to see if you like Linux, I have used RH in the past and it is horrible to setup... Knoppix is great!!!
My system specs"
I have the Knoppix DVD
512MB Ram
AMD Turion 1.8
ATI radeon 200M

For the record. . .I have successfully booted Knoppix 5.0.1 on my Transnote. Once booted everything is fine, EXCEPT none of the transnote pad handwriting recognition will work. . .not surprising since only one person is working on the OTIS suite for transnote!
Please note the booting procedure for this IBM is extremely idiosyncratic:
It will generally only boot from a limited number of external CD-ROMS (It has no internal CD-ROM drive.) I was forced to use an IBM UltraBay using the PCMCIA card option. . .it will not boot from the USB option. The knoppix startup scripts however it will not find/recognize the Ultrabay after the initial boot screen and I do not know the correct switchest to allow it to find the CD image. . .so I also had connected a an IOMEGA USB CD-ROM Burner with ANOTHER copy of the Knoppix CD, which the boot scripts could find. . .very strange.!
To recap, the Transnote will only boot from the either an UltrBay using the PCMCIA card, or alternatively there is a procedure listed on the net to utilize a "PIXSY" boot process over a network. They used Knoppix but I'm not personally familiar with this process.

5.01 working on the Toshiba 2775xDVD with 192 megs of RAM.
use fb1024x768
Linksys WPC11 wireless b card works.
Adaptec USB2 card works.

After some fiddling managed to set-up the auto conf for knoppix on an Acer 5633WLMi .

used boot knoppix acpi=off pnpbios=off noapic noapm

tried it also with fb1280x1024

probably not necessary for the fb but running a nvidia card and does not have Linux drivers to hand. may give it ago later today.

no wlan just yet but eth0 ok and plugged into router ok.

will post wlan effort in wlan section of forum