Quote Originally Posted by Tiggs
Thats the thing, I'm really not sure what to type. I've done some Googling in the mean time and tried:

kdm - Screen flashes for a few seconds and returns back to the command prompt.
startkde - I get a bunch of KDwhatevers and then "Kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server".
startx - Fatal server error: no screens found, a blank screen, then "X10: fatal IO x10 error, 104 (Connection reset by peer)

I just want to get into the same thing I could using the Knoppix boot cd.
Try at the kdm screen selecting kde3 from the session menu instead of the default that is preselected.