Hi, I run into the same thing everytime I run knoppix from cd, to solve this problem you have to get knoppix to use vesa as its video mode. I'm not sure how to do that, search the site. But since I have knoppix installed on my hd, vesa mode takes up the whole screen. It would be nice if 1440x900 video res. was supported as my monitor is 17inch wide screen on a toshiba laptop.