Knoppix 3.7 disc doesn`t complete the boot

03-02-2005	#1 (permalink)
mike70 Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2	Knoppix 3.7 disc doesn`t complete the boot My Knoppix 3.7 disc boots ok then runs through my pc details ending with the blue screen but the list of icons down the left side are missing, is the disc faulty? Mike.

03-03-2005	#2 (permalink)
mechmaster Linux Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 217	sorry, i dont understand, does it get to KDE or whatever WM your using, or does it freeze in the hardware detection, or after that? thanks __________________ Linux is for those who want to know why their computer works. Registered Linux Machine #293111 Registered Linux User #371115

03-03-2005	#3 (permalink)
mike70 Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2	Knoppix 3.7 disc doesn`t complete the boot Sorry, I don`t understand the abreviations KDE, WM. From what I have read, the bootup should end with the blue screen and have accessible icons down the lefthand edge denoting drives etc. I do get to this blue screen but without these icons, also my mouse is inoperative. Mike.

03-04-2005	#4 (permalink)
mechmaster Linux Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 217	KDE is the standard windows manager (WM) in knoppix 3.7 About the icons im not so sure of, about the mouse being inoperative, i think in the boot screen to first boot knoppix, type "expert" itll ask you a series of questions, i think there should be a mouse option after it does some detailed detection, if so you may want to see what that is, it may configure it. I have gotten into something like this before. Hope this helps. __________________ Linux is for those who want to know why their computer works. Registered Linux Machine #293111 Registered Linux User #371115

03-17-2005

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Originally Posted by mechmaster

sorry, i dont understand, does it get to KDE or whatever WM your using, or does it freeze in the hardware detection, or after that? thanks

mechmaster, freezing in the hardware detection is exactly what Knoppix 3.7 is doing when i try to install it on my laptop. Is this something that you have seen before?

03-17-2005	#6 (permalink)
loft306 Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The DairyLand Posts: 1,666	sometimes ...what is the last thing that is on the screen before it fails....IE: what was the last piece of hardware it tried to detect? __________________ ~Mike ~~~ Forum Rules Testing? What's that? If it compiles, it is good, if it boots up, it is perfect. ~ Linus Torvalds http://loft306.org

05-30-2005	#7 (permalink)
enatagoe Just Joined! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2	Knoppix on a presario Hi there, I do have a similar problem. In my case, after knoppix displays the following messages "Starting init process." "INIT: version2.78-knoppix booting", it then displays a sort of prompt and halts(I don't know if it is a prompt). It is not because the cd is corrupted because I tried it on a friend's machine and it worked. Besides, the CDROM drive does not attempt to read any further so i am pretty sure the cd is not corrupted. i tried with bot Versions 3.6.x and 3.7.x but I am having the same problem. My pc is a compaq presario 2200 laptop, 1400MHz Celeron-M, 60gb, 512MB Ram. Hope someone can help me out.

05-30-2005	#8 (permalink)
borromini Linux Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,429	Try booting with the ACPI functions disabled Type the following at boot: Code: acpi=off __________________ Registered Linux User # 393717 and proud of it Check out www.zenwalk.org Zenwalk 2.8 - Xfce 4.4 beta 2- 2.6.17.6 kernel = Slack on steroids!

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