Quote Originally Posted by CrashedAgain
For your problem, if you look through /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig you will see several lines 'update_progress 20 (or 40or60etc)' This is where the progress bar is being created. It sounds like it may be having trouble configuring X but this is just a guess, so you might try adding "nomkxf86config" to your append=' line in /etc/lilo.conf. This is the same as booting with the nomkxf86config cheatcode. You might also try booting 'interactive' mode.
It is surprising that it would work for a while then quit. It is unlikely that the autoconfig script has changed in any way, it sounds like a hardware detection issue.
Thanks. Sorry about the confusion. I'll buy that it is a hardware issue. I've been unpluging things trying to isolate just what peripheral is causing the trouble. As yet, no dice. I did not know of any way to troubleshoot the autoconfig script (didn't even know where to look for it until now). Not that you have given me a direction, I can attempt to find the cause, then fashion a fix.

Thank you very much. I appreciate the help. I'll let you know what I find.