Hi,

I would appreciate some help. I am really new to using Linux but I want to get more into it and am getting increasingly tired of Microsoft.

I have downloaded Knoppix. The ISO image is called "KNOPPIX_V5.1.1CD-2007-01-04-EN.iso". For some reason I am having trouble booting from the CD. Linux seems to start but then when it comes to load X windows it just displays a load of multi-coloured blocks on screen.

I have had the same trouble trying to run "Ubuntu" and suspect it is something to do with my graphics card or the graphics mode?

My brief hardware config:

ASUS M2V MB
AMD Athlon 64 dual core 4200+
2GB DDR2 RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7600GT (256MB)
300GB SATA HDD

Is there anything I can try? Does anyone know why it isn't working? As I have said I am really new to linux so if I need to change any config settings please explain how I do this.

Any help would be really appreciated.

Many thanks.