X and Fluxbox :: X won't start on Compaq Prolinea 4/66

Sorry I can't help, but know you are not alone......???

I've been showing off DSL to all my friends on loads of old machines but have suddenly failed with the same error message on a Packard P450 with a Voodoo3 built onto the motherboard. Must be a connection here.

Fortunately I'm used to the command line and the new version with Midnight Commander is excellent, so I could copy stuff from his hard drive

Have done looked at the Knoppix and Kdrive sites, but found no clues so far.

Bangs head off wall.

Hasty's first law of computing.
Every time you post you discover the answer immediately by yourself.....:(

Entering "knoppix-txt at the boot prompt solved the prob." (Doesn't use the frame buffer at the start)

Surfinks try entering "xmodule=tseng" at the boot prompt.
More info at http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/CheatCodes

OT: Global warming and the UK - I saw a very active hedgehog this p.m. they usually hibernate until March !

Thanks,

I'll try xmodule=tseng at the boot prompt and let you know what happens.

Bill

Hasty by name etc....having repented at leisure....

I don't think it will work as John has switched to a new xserver which probably wont take the knoppix cheat codes.

I've come across a similar problem with a radeon9700, while it will boot with Knoppix-txt I can't get the xserver to run.
The same machine runs brilliantly on any of the DSL 0.4.* versions using the older drivers.
Why not download 0.4.8 and try it. Once you get apt-get/synaptic working you can add what you want.

I've looked at the Kdrive site but couldn't find any hints

The problem was Knoppix could not autodetect the integrated video. I switched to Debian and manually configured the XF86Config-4 file. Now everything is working.

Bill

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