desktop environments in Knoppix 6.2.1

[ICPUG]

As can be read here:
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix62-en.html

The CD version of Knoppix 6.2.1 has been drastically cut down and uses LXDE to speed up booting.

The DVD version includes KDE4 and Gnome.

It may well include others as well but I haven't checked - I'm happy with LXDE.

[tcohoon]

Thanks. I hadnt been able to find any documentation that would tell me. How do I go about switching them if I would like to? I tried the desktop= cheatcodes at the boot prompt and it didnt seem to recognize them.

[ICPUG]

I don't have 6.2.1 but I have checked with 6.2 and 6.3 and the answer is as follows:

If you are using the live DVD when it boots up and the boot line appears at the bottom of the screen type the following (for e.g. gnome) and hit Enter (return)

knoppix desktop=gnome

Note: You have to include the word knoppix and there is no space between desktop and '=' and '=' and gnome

Having checked I can see that there are many more desktops than gnome and kde4 available. You can see all the options by reading the following file from the Knoppix DVD:

knoppix-cheatcodes.txt in the KNOPPIX directory

The boot proceeds as normal but the associated desktop appears.

[tcohoon]

I was omitting knoppix when inputting the cheatcode. Thanks I will check this out when I get a chance. Thanks again.