Quote Originally Posted by Stephen
Try booting with a cheat code of:

boot: knoppix lang=us vga=normal

boot: knoppix lang=us fb800x600

boot: knoppix failsafe

The keyboard still works the light going out would be the num lock key. IIRC KDE starts with the num lock key off by default you have to change a setting for it to be turned on at startup of KDE.
OK I tried all 3 settings none of them worked vga=normal put the screen into powersaver mode i.e. what happens when I'm not using the computer for a while and changed the boot screen. Keyboard is working, at least the num lock and cap lock lights show when pressing them. So I'm left with 2 theories:
1) This build can't deal with digital video input to the monitor Is this a known issue that I missed?
2)I have a corrupt copy of Knoppix.
It did take me 2 tries to get a complete download. The second is the right size 700mg.
I do have the analog input cable that came with the monitor but currently only have the digital cable plugged in.

Ken