dual boot xp/knoppix problem

[styven]

Try the command startx. If that fails try startkde.

Thanks for that,

I had tried startx but no joy, have also tried starkde now.

Stiil no joy, i get a long list of error messages, here are the first few.............

xsetroot: unable to open display ''
start kde: starting up...
ksplask: cannot connect to x server


and the list goes on, any ideas??