OK, first I thought it was a RAM problem due to the BIOS setting, but when I switched back to 1MB, 640x480x16 works ok.

Then I thought it was a defective Monitor as the whole lab has the exact same hardware and the exact same install (knoppix-installer as debian 20031119). So I swaped monitors with a working station and got the same blinking lights and no video again.

Then in kxconfig I changed from a generic/i810 card to an intel/i810 card and changed the Xres to 1024x768. After rebooting I get the same problem, but the output worked fine on my LCD projector! the generic seting does too.

So, I find that the problem is the wrong monitor default in kcontrol (ie: kxconfig). On all the other PCs it defaults to dell/della000. On this PC, the dell monitors listed are all different so it defaulted to monitor0/monitor0???

BTW, its really a Dell E551 monitor. I'm reinstalling the whole knoppix partition right now in hopes of correcting the incorrect monitor data....

Any other suggestions are welcome!

TIA,
AJG