Quote Originally Posted by frango83
...then i try vga=normal and then i could use knoppix, but then i couldnt change the resolution,

i supose that the vga=normal command or cheat, its like run the os without any video drivers... so its not a good solution.......
Sounds like you are getting close. I suspect that you are running some sort of video driver, or you would not have had a GUI at all. I'm not sure exactly what normal does, but it likely is spelled out in the cheat codes documentation. There is also a vesa code that will use some very generic drivers. Overall this isn't as bad as you may think; Knoppix does not support the 3d drivers for high performance video effects (consider installing a hard disk based version of Linux like Debian if you need them), so any driver that gives good video is pretty functional. You should be able to force the resolution and screen rates that you want as long as your monitor will support it though. Good luck, let us know how you make out.