Ok, so I tried that and still the same thing. I think it has something to do with the AGP and SLI. I paid close attention to the boot screen and noticed that at the very end just as it starts the xserver there is an error message. "Problem loading the AGP module" I did some further reading and NV has a new "driver" for Limn. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-9755.html

I also stumbled across http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Asus_A6T if you read the GPU section, it has some stuff on it

I cannot look at any log files because if I start in init 2 there is no error and if I start in init 5 well it freezes and I have no choice but to reboot.

just as another note, a while back I tried to install SUN SOl 9 and ran into the same sort of problems.

My question is, If I am using the live DVD, how can I incorporate this "driver" into the ram drive so I can startx? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
What does the modules-disk do?

Just so you know, here is what I have done so far. This is all at the boot prompt

knoppix vga=o
knoppix acpi=off pnpbios=off noapci noapm ( this will actually halt the boot so I cannot even get to the console)
knoppix screen=1024x768
testcd (tests fine)
knoppix pci=biosirq
knoppix xserver=xFree86
knoppix xserver=XF86_SVGA
knoppix xmodule=nv
knoppix vga=0 debug -b failsafe debug -b 3

I know that I am asking a lot of questions, but I have no doubt that someone out there has the answers for me.