I have just come across Knoppix while looking for a way to recover a damaged hard disk.

But I can't get 3.3 to recognize any of the 3 graphics cards I have available. These are:

Nvidia GeForce 2 (64mb)
Voodoo 3 (12mb I think)
ATI 3D Rage Pro (atir3) (from an old computer)

I get the "No suitable x-server found for your card" with each, after it tries "fbdev" and "vesa".

I understand there are difficulties with Nvidia cards, but the other two are surely common enough, even if old! Is it just my luck that I happen to have 3 which won't work with Knoppix - or am I missing something?

I have tried the "failsafe" cheat code, and putting in the xserver name Knoppix shows on the way through.

Or can someone suggest a common and cheap card which always does run Knoppix? Resolution, optical quality, etc are not issues.

Also am I right in assuming that the message on the login screen about the German keyboard would have been taken care of on a uk-produced copy (*-EN.iso)? The "=" sign seems to work normally.

My system is a 1300 mhz Duron with 512MB Ram

Many thanks for any suggestions/aclarations

David