no desktop on a Dell optiplex Gx150

[ryanvade]

hello.
I am trying to run knoppix 6.4 on my dell optiplex gx150. I get to the desktop and then the screen goes into sleep mode. The menu bar has no items and I can't move the cursor before the screen flashes a few times and sleeps. I ctrl+alt+F1 and can get to the system terminal. I tried gnome and kde as the desktop enviorments and didn't have any success. My system has 512mb ram and uses intel integrated graphics. Please give any ideas?

[user89]

Have you tried "knoppix xmodule=vesa" at the beginning when you loaded Knoppix?

[ryanvade]

I actually tried "knoppix no3d" and that fixed it. I found my 6.7 disk and it seems to fix the problem altogether.

[mr-roboto]

I actually tried "knoppix no3d" and that fixed it. I found my 6.7 disk and it seems to fix the problem altogether.

With so little RAM and a not so-hot CPU (OptiPlex GX150s are very old), I'd stick w/ the default GUI [LXDE]. The 'L' in LXDE is for Lightweight and it's a lot less demanding than KDE....