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Bugs/5.1.1CD

2008-07-27T13:50:30Z

62.143.12.162: /* Mouse Configuration Default Error */

==GRUB Configuration Error==
There are two problems with option label dos for loading FreeDos balder.img. There is no memdisk file in /boot/isolinux folder and the isolinux.cfg sintax is wrong

The correct syntax is

LABEL dos
KERNEL /boot/isolinux/memdisk
APPEND initrd=/boot/isolinux/balder.img
==Mouse Configuration Default Error==
KNOPPIX incorrectly guesses that my serial mouse uses the "Microsoft" protocol, with the result that my mouse pointer hops around almost at random. It works correctly if I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf replacing the mouse protocol "Microsoft" with "MouseSystems" or "auto". Since the "auto" protocol would presumably work with a "Microsoft" mouse, too, that would seem to be a better default for KNOPPIX to use.

''(see discussion by clicking "discussion" above)''

:Rolf Leggewie: Not sure this is related, but indeed the "mouse" of my Thinkpad X20 which is one of those red Trackpoint thingies does not work at all. "dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver" and things got working again. Looking at xorg.conf it seems the following changes are relevant: /dev/input/mice instead of /dev/ttyS0, CorePointer and ImPS/2 instead of Microsoft protocol

==Default myconfig error==
Knoppix 5.1.1's knoppix-autoconfig script has an error with regard to "default" myconfig.
In the case where knoppix has been remastered with knoppix.sh and configs.tbz in the
CD root (/) the test for knoppix.sh is wrong. Line 1310 should be changed from:

MYCONFIG="$(ls -1d /cdrom/KNOPPIX/[Kk][Nn][Oo][Pp][Pp][Ii][Xx].[Ss][Hh] 2>/dev/null)"

to:

MYCONFIG="$(ls -1d /KNOPPIX/[Kk][Nn][Oo][Pp][Pp][Ii][Xx].[Ss][Hh] 2>/dev/null)"

This will allow a default myconfig (e.g. if the myconfig= argument is not given)
to detect the presence of the knoppix.sh script.

--[[User:Hanumant|Hanumant]] 16:04, 14 Jun 2007 (UTC)
==Timezone setting error==
Knoppix 5.1.1's knoppix-autoconfig script has an omission with regard to setting the timezone.
The script set /etc/local time around line 557. It should also update the file /etc/timezone:
rm -f /etc/timezone
echo "$TZ" > /etc/timezone

--[[User:Hanumant|Hanumant]] 16:06, 14 Jun 2007 (UTC)

==fstab error==
rebuildfstab adds the following garbage to /etc/fstab on a system with no hard drive:
# Added by KNOPPIX
noauto,users,exec 0 0
Here is a fix:
--- /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab.orig 2007-06-26 09:16:54.972750170 -0400
+++ /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab 2007-06-26 09:17:42.095435539 -0400
@@ -75,2 +75,3 @@
count=0
+scanpartitions | \
while read device mountpoint fstype relax; do
@@ -98,5 +99,3 @@
echo "$device $mountpoint $fstype $options 0 0"; }
-done >>"$TMP" <<EOT
-$(scanpartitions)
-EOT
+done >>"$TMP"
--[[User:Johntobey|Johntobey]] 13:32, 26 Jun 2007 (UTC)

==TestDisk error==
TestDisk refers to an old version of libntfs. As a result, when you start it, it gives this error:
testdisk: error while loading shared libraries: libntfs.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Solution: create a symlink to the new version of the library:
ln -s libntfs.so.10 /usr/lib/libntfs.so.9
--[[User:131.215.166.100|131.215.166.100]] 01:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

== No Unicode support ==

Knoppix has no UTF-8 support. This means that files in hard drives (especially NTFS) that use characters other than those of ISO-1 encoding are not accessible for Knoppix (they don't show up at all).

--[[User:193.219.94.166|193.219.94.166]] 12:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Bugs/5.1.1CD

2008-07-27T13:45:20Z

62.143.12.162: /* Mouse Configuration Default Error */

==GRUB Configuration Error==
There are two problems with option label dos for loading FreeDos balder.img. There is no memdisk file in /boot/isolinux folder and the isolinux.cfg sintax is wrong

The correct syntax is

LABEL dos
KERNEL /boot/isolinux/memdisk
APPEND initrd=/boot/isolinux/balder.img
==Mouse Configuration Default Error==
KNOPPIX incorrectly guesses that my serial mouse uses the "Microsoft" protocol, with the result that my mouse pointer hops around almost at random. It works correctly if I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf replacing the mouse protocol "Microsoft" with "MouseSystems" or "auto". Since the "auto" protocol would presumably work with a "Microsoft" mouse, too, that would seem to be a better default for KNOPPIX to use.

''(see discussion by clicking "discussion" above)''

:Rolf Leggewie: Not sure this is related, but indeed the "mouse" of my Thinkpad X20 which is one of those red Trackpoint thingies does not work at all.

==Default myconfig error==
Knoppix 5.1.1's knoppix-autoconfig script has an error with regard to "default" myconfig.
In the case where knoppix has been remastered with knoppix.sh and configs.tbz in the
CD root (/) the test for knoppix.sh is wrong. Line 1310 should be changed from:

MYCONFIG="$(ls -1d /cdrom/KNOPPIX/[Kk][Nn][Oo][Pp][Pp][Ii][Xx].[Ss][Hh] 2>/dev/null)"

to:

MYCONFIG="$(ls -1d /KNOPPIX/[Kk][Nn][Oo][Pp][Pp][Ii][Xx].[Ss][Hh] 2>/dev/null)"

This will allow a default myconfig (e.g. if the myconfig= argument is not given)
to detect the presence of the knoppix.sh script.

--[[User:Hanumant|Hanumant]] 16:04, 14 Jun 2007 (UTC)
==Timezone setting error==
Knoppix 5.1.1's knoppix-autoconfig script has an omission with regard to setting the timezone.
The script set /etc/local time around line 557. It should also update the file /etc/timezone:
rm -f /etc/timezone
echo "$TZ" > /etc/timezone

--[[User:Hanumant|Hanumant]] 16:06, 14 Jun 2007 (UTC)

==fstab error==
rebuildfstab adds the following garbage to /etc/fstab on a system with no hard drive:
# Added by KNOPPIX
noauto,users,exec 0 0
Here is a fix:
--- /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab.orig 2007-06-26 09:16:54.972750170 -0400
+++ /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab 2007-06-26 09:17:42.095435539 -0400
@@ -75,2 +75,3 @@
count=0
+scanpartitions | \
while read device mountpoint fstype relax; do
@@ -98,5 +99,3 @@
echo "$device $mountpoint $fstype $options 0 0"; }
-done >>"$TMP" <<EOT
-$(scanpartitions)
-EOT
+done >>"$TMP"
--[[User:Johntobey|Johntobey]] 13:32, 26 Jun 2007 (UTC)

==TestDisk error==
TestDisk refers to an old version of libntfs. As a result, when you start it, it gives this error:
testdisk: error while loading shared libraries: libntfs.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Solution: create a symlink to the new version of the library:
ln -s libntfs.so.10 /usr/lib/libntfs.so.9
--[[User:131.215.166.100|131.215.166.100]] 01:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

== No Unicode support ==

Knoppix has no UTF-8 support. This means that files in hard drives (especially NTFS) that use characters other than those of ISO-1 encoding are not accessible for Knoppix (they don't show up at all).

--[[User:193.219.94.166|193.219.94.166]] 12:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Bugs/5.1.1CD

2008-07-27T13:45:08Z

62.143.12.162: /* Mouse Configuration Default Error */

==GRUB Configuration Error==
There are two problems with option label dos for loading FreeDos balder.img. There is no memdisk file in /boot/isolinux folder and the isolinux.cfg sintax is wrong

The correct syntax is

LABEL dos
KERNEL /boot/isolinux/memdisk
APPEND initrd=/boot/isolinux/balder.img
==Mouse Configuration Default Error==
KNOPPIX incorrectly guesses that my serial mouse uses the "Microsoft" protocol, with the result that my mouse pointer hops around almost at random. It works correctly if I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf replacing the mouse protocol "Microsoft" with "MouseSystems" or "auto". Since the "auto" protocol would presumably work with a "Microsoft" mouse, too, that would seem to be a better default for KNOPPIX to use.

''(see discussion by clicking "discussion" above)''

Rolf Leggewie: Not sure this is related, but indeed the "mouse" of my Thinkpad X20 which is one of those red Trackpoint thingies does not work at all.

==Default myconfig error==
Knoppix 5.1.1's knoppix-autoconfig script has an error with regard to "default" myconfig.
In the case where knoppix has been remastered with knoppix.sh and configs.tbz in the
CD root (/) the test for knoppix.sh is wrong. Line 1310 should be changed from:

MYCONFIG="$(ls -1d /cdrom/KNOPPIX/[Kk][Nn][Oo][Pp][Pp][Ii][Xx].[Ss][Hh] 2>/dev/null)"

to:

MYCONFIG="$(ls -1d /KNOPPIX/[Kk][Nn][Oo][Pp][Pp][Ii][Xx].[Ss][Hh] 2>/dev/null)"

This will allow a default myconfig (e.g. if the myconfig= argument is not given)
to detect the presence of the knoppix.sh script.

--[[User:Hanumant|Hanumant]] 16:04, 14 Jun 2007 (UTC)
==Timezone setting error==
Knoppix 5.1.1's knoppix-autoconfig script has an omission with regard to setting the timezone.
The script set /etc/local time around line 557. It should also update the file /etc/timezone:
rm -f /etc/timezone
echo "$TZ" > /etc/timezone

--[[User:Hanumant|Hanumant]] 16:06, 14 Jun 2007 (UTC)

==fstab error==
rebuildfstab adds the following garbage to /etc/fstab on a system with no hard drive:
# Added by KNOPPIX
noauto,users,exec 0 0
Here is a fix:
--- /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab.orig 2007-06-26 09:16:54.972750170 -0400
+++ /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab 2007-06-26 09:17:42.095435539 -0400
@@ -75,2 +75,3 @@
count=0
+scanpartitions | \
while read device mountpoint fstype relax; do
@@ -98,5 +99,3 @@
echo "$device $mountpoint $fstype $options 0 0"; }
-done >>"$TMP" <<EOT
-$(scanpartitions)
-EOT
+done >>"$TMP"
--[[User:Johntobey|Johntobey]] 13:32, 26 Jun 2007 (UTC)

==TestDisk error==
TestDisk refers to an old version of libntfs. As a result, when you start it, it gives this error:
testdisk: error while loading shared libraries: libntfs.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Solution: create a symlink to the new version of the library:
ln -s libntfs.so.10 /usr/lib/libntfs.so.9
--[[User:131.215.166.100|131.215.166.100]] 01:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

== No Unicode support ==

Knoppix has no UTF-8 support. This means that files in hard drives (especially NTFS) that use characters other than those of ISO-1 encoding are not accessible for Knoppix (they don't show up at all).

--[[User:193.219.94.166|193.219.94.166]] 12:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)