Knoppix

[bludgeon]

I decided to mess around w/ Knoppix, so far it seems pretty sweet, detects everything great. It boots right into Kde, I don't get the Kmenu, though, just icons and the browser window w/ an error message saying it can't read the cd. If I try to change directories in the browser it freezes up. I can't close the window and I can't open a terminal to kill it by pid b/c I don't have the kmenu. Imma try booting into gnome or WM w/ the 'cheat codes', but thought I'd ask here, too. Maybe I just have a fried d/l. Thnx.

[sysmin770]

I would check your image. Knoppix is pretty solid. I would guess that the problem is with the disk or your cdrom drive. Maybe burn another copy and try again.

[bludgeon]

Yeh that's what I figured, I'm just a lazy butt, don't want to d/l it again. Was hoping someone else might have run into the same thing . . .

[skiddieleet]

I've always had trouble with burning ISO images. The first time I burned knoppix I couldn't even get into KDE. It said I didn't have enough RAM(which I did), but I think it was just screwed up. I would say that your download is corrupted or there was a problem in the burning process. If everything was burnt and downloaded properly, it should work just fine.

edit
sysmin, I use nero, but it just seems to have problems with burn ISO images. I think it is just the computer and hardware, not the software.

[sysmin770]

I have always had luck with Nero. It has always been rock solid no matter what burner I was using. I personally wouldn't use anything else for important stuff.

[netRealm]

sysmin770: I'd agree with that!

bludgeon: Check the md5sum of the iso you downloaded (if you haven't already,) it should tell you if
the image is good or bad.

[bludgeon]

Yeah, md5 checks out, tried reburning the image, I'm using Nero too. Still didn't work, guess I'll try to d/l it again. Might as well d/l another while I'm at it too. Thnx for the suggestions.

[skiddieleet]

If your going to download another copy, you might as well go for knoppix-std. i was fooling around with it the other day, and I really like it. Either one I really like, but knoppix-std is packed with tools. You can get it from http://www.knoppix-std.org
Good Luck.

[st1mpy]

didnt they relised a new version of knopix few days ago did anyone tryd it any major changes ? or something sorry if its a newb question

[Striek]

I have a copy on CD and the only problem is that the desktop background doesn't load properly most of the time. It's a bit slow, but other than that it's really good. I always have an operating system available, even if my hard drives melt.