Quote Originally Posted by Flying2Eagles
hello Carolus
If you get the black screen, try bring up the command screen.
Then type sudo init 1
You should be in command line mode now.
Next type init 5
Lxde should appear normal.
I'm using a desktop and works for me every time.

Flying2Eagles
Just waiting long enough basically solves the problem. Trying to bring up the command line interface with ctl-alt-backspace too soon simply displays some log files briefly and then powers down. Sometimes I get the message "Error - unable to establish connection with FAM. Do you have FAM or Gamin installed and running?" when booting. Clicking OK leads to a mostly-black screen but with a functioning start menu. Selecting "file manager" from the start menu then generates the full background.

On my laptop, the new wireless package recognizes my Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG chipset well enough to identify the available local networks, but fails to connect to an unsecured WLAN when I click on it. Possibly I don't understand how to use the interface. I'm not willing to put much time into pursuing this - like finding and installing a driver - since I can use Puppy Linux when I need wireless. I haven't seen anything about Knoppix 6 wireless in either this thread (Knoppix 6) nor in the Knoppix wireless forum, though it seems to be a major new feature.

addendum - similar wireless problem - "sees, but doesn't connect under Knoppix 6":
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ppix-6-703010/
Unsolved, thread terminated with original poster abandoning Knoppix.

addendum 2 - all these problems have been solved in version 6.01. Wireless now connects easily.