I have encountered 2 problems: text mode and network

Text video mode:
Knoppix boots successfully under VMWare 4.0, has audio, and boots in a nice 1024x768 color mode.
However, when I try to go to a text console (outside X) to run knx-hdinstall, VMWare overlays half of the screen with something resembling a text mode, but with a very small font, so it's almost absolutely unreadable.

Network:
VMWare correctly identifies the network card and that the IP is taken via DHCP. However, no browsing or any network activity is possible afterwards.

I haven't changed any knoppix options or vmware options, and I hope that someone has already discovered a solution to these problems.

Thanks in advance.