The problem that causes this is that no loopback interface was started. So if you get this eror just hit ctrl+alt+f1 login as root and
.Code:ifconfig lo inet 127.0.0.1
ok so I had knoppix 3.1 installed and the nvidia drivers loaded on a desktop everthing worked as expected.
I then load 3.2 on a laptop with the drivers and everything is copacetic. Then I load 3.2 on the first machine and I can login into kde but after the first restart
of X kde hangs on the ksplash screen witht the second icon "system settings " blinking it will hang for a minute or so and then disappears. After 4 or 5 reinstalls
I have found that this happens with the nvidia drivers loaded and without them. The log in /var/log/XFree86.0.log stops at the font renderer warnings and there is
no error I can see in dmesg. Oh and btw windowMaker and tvwm work with or without nvidia drivers.
thank you for your time
Mileto->Frank
The problem that causes this is that no loopback interface was started. So if you get this eror just hit ctrl+alt+f1 login as root and
.Code:ifconfig lo inet 127.0.0.1

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