I swap between Windows 98 SE and Knoppix 3.3 a lot, cause I'm just learning *nix.

Using a 3C905B-TX Nic on a 633 Celeron e-machine w/256 MB RAM

I found if I boot to: "Knoppix desktop=icewm" first, logout/power down then boot with just "knoppix lang=us", I can get an IP address and surf teh net endlessly, but if I try to boot using KDE without the icewm step, my nic is reported as "not supported"

As Tarzan would say, "Me not know why"