Well I am finally gonna break down and ask for some help here. I am linux nub but have managed to get knoppix 5.1.1 installed to hard drive and even installed a couple of programs. I am however still running into a problem that I cant quite seem to get past.

I installed this system to hard drive with my 19" LCD hooked up and it displays at the native 1280x1024. This computer will eventually be living on a small CRT capable of 1024x768 but when it is hooked up to such a beast the GUI is not displayed(I can see it booting up and if I stop X can work from the command line). Now even when I am on the 19" LCD it will not let me change the resolution, when I change the resolution it goes back to the login screen but once back at desktop I am still at 1280x1024.

I thought maybe I would try latest nvidia drivers to see if that might fix both issues. Once I change the runlevel (init 3 i have been using) to quit X and run the nvidia installer it tells me it cannot find linux headers -- it then tries to download them -- that doesnt work so it tries to compile them --- that doesnt work so it errors out.

I have found a couple different stories on the linux headers under knoppix

1. Source is available for purchase from Mr. Knopper and can somehow be used to create the headers I and nvidia installer need

2. Can use apt-get to install headers. I checked into this one. Now in /lib/modules is a folder call 2.6.19 so i should be looking for linux headers 2.6.19 right?
When I run "aptitude search linux-headers- | less" I get a whole list of them but amazingly enough it skips from linux-headers-2.6.18.* to linux-headers-2.6.22.*

Can I use apt-get and get one of the newest (2.6.23) linux-headers and expect it to work?

3. I have read that the headers can be found on the knoppix DVD somewhere (I installed to Hard drive off the CD version). So I downloaded the DVD iso, burnt it, mounted it... but I have no idea where on the DVD to find the linux headers I need.


Honesly I have looked at so many how-to's, FAQ's and forum posts on this it is all getting a little fuzzy. I will say this... I am enjoying myself and learning some command line stuff out of necessity along the way.

Ahh and BTW I know that knoppix is not meant for the hard drive but the live CD was the only linux distro(i tried many of them) that I could get to auto recognize the hardware on this old computer. Since my linux skill is not quite up to snuff auto hardware recognition at least getting me to a desktop was a must.

I guess that is about it for now... any help is greatly appreciated. Let me know if there is any other info I can provide.