Knoppix 5.1 boot up

eddiewar · 03-23-2008, 04:18 PM

I am attempting to load/install Knoppix 5.1 from a live CD but although the CD boots it freezes at a root!tty1:/ prompt and being the newbie that I am I do not know what command this prompt is waiting for to continue the loading process.

The load stops at
Probing/loading AGP modules..............
and pressing the ENTER key gives the root!tty1:/ prompt.

Although I have sucessfully installed and use Ubuntu I would like to see what this distribution has to offer - hence the live CD boot.

Thanks - hope I am in the right place to ask this question

Retrievil_Knievil · 03-23-2008, 05:11 PM

Hi,

There are many boot options for Knoppix, listing them below.

The ones you should try first are:

knoppix vga=normal
knoppix screen=1280x1024 Use specified Screen resolution for X
knoppix xvrefresh=60 (or vsync=60) Use 60 Hz vertical refresh rate for X
knoppix xhrefresh=80 (or hsync=80) Use 80 kHz horizontal refresh rate for X
knoppix xserver=XFree86|XF86_SVGA Use specified X-Server
knoppix xmodule=ati|fbdev|i810|mga Use specified XFree4-Module (1)
knoppix xmodule=nv|radeon|savage|s3 Use specified XFree4-Module (2)
knoppix xmodule=radeon|svga|i810 Use specified XFree4-Module (3)
knoppix 2 Runlevel 2, Textmode only

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These options (can be combined) work from the ISOLINUX bootprompt:

knoppix lang=ch|cn|de|da|es|fr|it specify language/keyboard
knoppix lang=nl|pl|ru|sk|tr|tw|us specify language/keyboard
knoppix gmt Use GMT-based time
knoppix tz=Europe/Berlin Use this timezone for TZ
knoppix desktop=fluxbox|gnome|icewm Use specified WM instead of KDE (1)
knoppix desktop=kde|lg3d|larswm Use specified WM instead of KDE (2)
knoppix desktop=openbox|twm Use specified WM instead of KDE (3)
knoppix desktop=wmaker|xfce|xfce4 Use specified WM instead of KDE (4)
knoppix screen=1280x1024 Use specified Screen resolution for X
knoppix xvrefresh=60 (or vsync=60) Use 60 Hz vertical refresh rate for X
knoppix xhrefresh=80 (or hsync=80) Use 80 kHz horizontal refresh rate for X
knoppix xserver=XFree86|XF86_SVGA Use specified X-Server
knoppix xmodule=ati|fbdev|i810|mga Use specified XFree4-Module (1)
knoppix xmodule=nv|radeon|savage|s3 Use specified XFree4-Module (2)
knoppix xmodule=radeon|svga|i810 Use specified XFree4-Module (3)
knoppix 2 Runlevel 2, Textmode only
knoppix floppyconfig Run "knoppix.sh" from a floppy
knoppix myconf=/dev/sda1 Run "knoppix.sh" from a partition
knoppix myconf=scan (or config=scan) Try to find "knoppix.sh" automatically
knoppix home=/mnt/sda1/knoppix.img Mount loopback file as /home/knoppix
knoppix home=scan Automatic search for knoppix homedir
knoppix no{apic,agp,apm,audio,ddc} Skip parts of HW-detection (1)
knoppix no{dhcp,fstab,firewire} Skip parts of HW-detection (2)
knoppix no{pcmcia,scsi,swap,udev} Skip parts of HW-detection (3)
knoppix nousb Skip parts of HW-detection (4)
knoppix nousb2 Disable USB 2.x extension
knoppix noideraid Disable IDE-Raiddisk detection
knoppix pnpbios=off No PnP Bios initialization
knoppix acpi=off Disable ACPI Bios completely
knoppix acpi=force FORCE ACPI Bios initialization
failsafe Boot with (almost) no HW-detection
knoppix pci=irqmask=0x0e98 Try this, if PS/2 mouse doesn't work *)
knoppix pci=bios Workaround for bad PCI controllers
knoppix ide2=0x180 nopcmcia Boot from PCMCIA-CD-Rom (some notebooks)
knoppix mem=128M Specify Memory size in MByte
knoppix dma Enable DMA accelleration for ALL IDE-Drives
knoppix noeject Do NOT eject CD after halt
knoppix noprompt Do NOT prompt to remove the CD
knoppix vga=normal No-framebuffer mode, but X
knoppix blind Start Braille-Terminal (no X)
knoppix brltty=type,port,table Parameters for Braille device
knoppix wheelmouse Enable IMPS/2 protocol for wheelmice
knoppix nowheelmouse Force plain PS/2 protocol for PS/2-mouse
fb1280x1024 Use fixed framebuffer graphics (1)
fb1024x768 Use fixed framebuffer graphics (2)
fb800x600 Use fixed framebuffer graphics (3)
knoppix keyboard=us xkeyboard=us Use different keyboard (text/X)
knoppix splash Boot with fancy background splashscreen
+ animations + progress bar **)
knoppix toram Copy CD to RAM and run from there
knoppix tohd=/dev/hda1 Copy CD to HD partition and run from there
knoppix fromhd Skip checking for Knoppix on CD-ROM
knoppix fromhd=/dev/hda1 Boot from previously copied CD-Image
knoppix bootfrom=/dev/hda1 Access Image then boot from previously
copied CD-Image (enables booting from
NTFS / ReiserFS) ***)
knoppix bootfrom=/dev/hda1/KNX.iso Access image, boot from ISO-Image. ***)
knoppix knoppix_dir=KNOPPIX Directory to search for on the CD.
knoppix knoppix_name=KNOPPIX Cloop-File to search for on the CD.
knoppix testcd Check CD data integrity and md5sums
expert Interactive setup for experts
debug Debug boot process
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Good luck!

eddiewar · 03-23-2008, 09:44 PM

Thanks retrievilknievil-

That should keep me busy for sometime :-)

Appreciate your help

Regards

Retrievil_Knievil · 03-24-2008, 02:19 AM

No problem, Knoppix is a really great tool to have in your "bag", combined with a usb-stick you can have a very small portable system, and it's great for impressing clients...

"Can I borrow your laptop for a second?"

"What the....?"

PS. I think one of the very best features Knoppix has, is the easy way to create an encrypted volume to use as settings/datastorage. Once you get it up and running, you should check it out. Then you can bring all the stuff you need in that file, and don't have to worry about other people accessing your data if you should lose the stick. (Which, unfortunately, happens sometimes...)

jefro · 03-24-2008, 11:13 AM

Might start with checking the cd. Check cheat sheet for exact boot time command. The dvd is KNOPPIX testdvd so I'd assume that KNOPPIX testcd would be the correct test. All files should pass.

Retrievil_Knievil · 03-25-2008, 06:11 AM

Should have mentioned that as well, very often the source of strange knoppix-errors is a broken cd/dvd.....anyway, hope you get it up and running!

vanadan · 04-19-2008, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retrievil_Knievil

Should have mentioned that as well, very often the source of strange knoppix-errors is a broken cd/dvd.....anyway, hope you get it up and running!

had the same problem.. and solved it by modifying the /etc/init.d/xsession
this text was somewhere in the middle:

Code:

# Try to find and load an agp and drm module for this graphics card
KVER="$(uname -r)"

loadagp(){
# Kernel 2.6: Load specific AGPGART module(s)
 case "$(cat /proc/cmdline)" in *noagp*) ;; *)
  echo -n "${BLUE}Probing/Loading AGP modules...${NORMAL}"
###  modprobe agpgart >/dev/null 2>&1
# Should not be needed anymore in Kernel 2.6, but some agp bridges are still
# not detected automatically. :-( -KK
###  for i in /lib/modules/"$KVER"/kernel/drivers/char/agp/*; do
###    module="${i##*/}"; module="${module%%.*}"; modprobe ${module} >/dev/null 2>&1
###  done
  echo ""
 ;;
esac
}

# Remove unused AGP modules
unloadagp(){

i just commented out the lines that lines which now have ### on the beggining and ran that script and it worked!

(use at your own risk: i have no idea how, or why this works..)