Monitor sleeps in console

[griffinelly]

hello i've installed knoppix on to my hard disk. just before it has finished booting the monitor goes into sleep mode and it won't come out of it unless i start an X session. could anyone help me and tell what might be causing this and how to fix it? knoppix 6.4 lenovo thinkvision monitor 1440x900 jamie

[Capricorny]

Re "unless I start an X session": There may be troubles with console mode in 6.X, something about graphics initialization. Have you tried starting Knoppix from external media, simply with the cheatcode 2 http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knopp...cheatcodes.txt: knoppix 2, and got that working well?