[Boot live CD]
modprobe :FATAL: Error inserting apm (/lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/arc/i386/kernel/apm.ko): No such device

locate apm.ko
locate: warning: database `/var/cache/locate/locatedb' is more than 8 days old
/lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/arc/i386/kernel/apm.ko

cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.12 (root@Knoppix) (gcc-Version 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-7)) #2 SMP Tue Aug 9 23:20:52 CEST 2005

sudo depmod
Bus error

sudo modprobe apm
FATAL: Error inserting apm (/lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/arc/i386/kernel/apm.ko): No such device

sudo modprobe acpi
FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq (/lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/arc/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): No such device

/?

try find / -name "apm.ko" instead...

When/how exactly did this happen? You were trying to boot from a liveCD I take it? then maybe you could try booting with some kind of failsafe/noacpi boot option?

find / -name "apm.ko"
/KNOPPIX/lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/arc/i386/kernel/apm.ko
/ramdisk/lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/arc/i386/kernel/apm.ko
/UNIONFS/lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/arc/i386/kernel/apm.ko

Yes, you are correct. I just tried booting from the CD and this happened. I dont really know that much about Linux, im more microsuck for games but would gladly switch if wine were better. Do you mean "sudo modprobe apm failsafe/noacpi"?

sudo modprobe apm failsafe/noacpi
FATAL: Error inserting apm (/lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/arc/i386/kernel/apm.ko): Unknown symbol in module or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

I don't really see what your problem is. can you boot into linux? If yes, then don't worry about apm or acpi or whatever.
If you can't boot, try typing 'failsafe' at the start of the boot process, when knoppix has a short countdown were you can give boot options. (you are using knoppix right?)

No, I cant get into linux. Sorry, I should have mentioned the other part of the error I get when booting, which is the same error I just got when trying the failsafe option you suggested.

Starting the X Window System.....
Retrying with Server XFree86(vesa) .
Retrying with Server XFree86(fbdev) .
Error: No suitable X Server found for your card.
_ <- flashing cursor (hit enter)

root@tty1[/]#_

And in between all that on another blank screen is where I get the following message over and over again. After which, I tried all the rest that I have already told you.
modprobe :FATAL: Error inserting apm (/lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/arc/i386/kernel/apm.ko): No such device

When I first got the error, I assumed that it was an incompatable video card. So I removed the agp card and used the onboard one but still got the same error.

I don't think the message about apm has anything to do with the video problem (apm = advanced power management).
Do you have a recent version of knoppix? Sometimes getting another version is the easiest way to fix your problem. Otherwise, try experimenting with the knoppix 'cheatcodes'. these are codes like the 'failsafe' you tried, and the most frequent ones can be found by pressing F2 and F3 on the start screen (where you typed failsafe).

It may also be useful to see if you can find a log file with some more info on what went wrong and post it here.
some candidates are /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/messages. you can display those files on your screen with the command 'cat' or try to print them to a printer with the command 'lpr' or 'lp', although this probably won't work right away, and setting it up is probably not worth the bother.

Tried a few more boot options but nothing yet. The thing is that knoppix 3.8 will boot fine but 4.0.2 wont. I checked the 4.0.2 CD with the testcd option and theres no errors on the disk. So the question is, what is the difference between 3.8 and 4.0.2 that would stop it from working?

Edit: Oh, and I tried (sudo) cat /var/log/messages but it didnt work. Are you sure its cat?

I'm not a knoppix specialist, but if 3.8 works, why not stick with it, or maybe try the newest version (5.1.1)?

If you really want to know what goes wrong, try if you can find some log file like I mentioned in my previous post.

I tried openning log files using cat as you suggested but it didnt work. Is this correct?

cat /var/log/messages

I tried it with and without sudo but it just didnt work. I even navigated to the directory and messages is there but I just cant open it. Any ideas?

cat /var/log/messages is correct.
maybe knoppix dropped you to a limited shell then, without access to many commands. you could try "vi /var/log/messages" but that probably won't work either.

Which messages were there on your screen above this: you could try going up with SHIFT+PageUp in this situation.

Ok, i'll have to try all that tomorrow. Time for bed now. Updating to ver 5.1.1 would be out of the question since im on dial up at the moment and 3.8 is ok but im trying to get 4.0.2 to work in hopes that it will fix another problem im having with the game AAO. When I run it on 3.8 with wine, I get an error saying something about the program requesting that the visual basic runtime environment close it in an unexpected way or something like that. Also, it would be good to be able to actually use the latest version I have at hand. Ok, i'll let you know how my progress is going tomorrow and thanks also for all your help so far.

XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 20050901212727 fjp@localhost.localdomain)
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8-16.0508-2 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 02 September 2005

This version of XFree86 has been extensively modified by the Debian
Project, and is not supported by the XFree86 Project, Inc., in any
way. Bugs should be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking System; see
<URL: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting >.

We strongly encourage the use of the "reportbug" package and command
to ensure that bug reports contain as much useful information as
possible.

Before filing a bug report, you may want to consult the Debian X FAQ:
XHTML version: file:///usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.xhtml
plain text version: file:///usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz

Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.12 (root@Knoppix) (gcc-Version 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-7)) #2 SMP Tue Aug 9 23:20:52 CEST 2005
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Jun 11 13:32:18 2007
(++) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "USB Mouse"
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/truetype").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western,/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
(--) using VT number 5

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1039,0661 card 1019,1b15 rev 11 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1039,0003 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 1039,0964 card 0000,0000 rev 36 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:5: chip 1039,5513 card 1019,1b15 rev 01 class 01,01,80 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:02:7: chip 1039,7012 card 1019,1b15 rev a0 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 1039,7001 card 1019,1b15 rev 0f class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:03:1: chip 1039,7001 card 1019,1b15 rev 0f class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:03:2: chip 1039,7001 card 1019,1b15 rev 0f class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:03:3: chip 1039,7002 card 1019,1b15 rev 00 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 1039,0900 card 1019,1b15 rev 91 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 1039,0180 card 1019,1b15 rev 01 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 14f1,2f00 card 14f1,2004 rev 01 class 07,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1039,0300 card 1019,0c14 rev 90 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000e (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009cff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xea000000 - 0xebffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:2:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS300/305 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter rev 144, Mem @ 0xe0000000/27, 0xeb000000/17, I/O @ 0x9000/7
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe8000000 from 0xe9ffffff to 0xe7ffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xed000000 - 0xed00ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xed012000 - 0xed012fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xed011000 - 0xed011fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xed010000 - 0xed010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xed014000 - 0xed014fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xed013000 - 0xed013fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb01ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c007 (0x8) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b803 (0x4) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b407 (0x8) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b003 (0x4) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac07 (0x8) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a47f (0x80) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00004000 - 0x0000400f (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xed000000 - 0xed00ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xed012000 - 0xed012fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xed011000 - 0xed011fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xed010000 - 0xed010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xed014000 - 0xed014fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xed013000 - 0xed013fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb01ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c007 (0x8) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b803 (0x4) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b407 (0x8) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b003 (0x4) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac07 (0x8) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a47f (0x80) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00004000 - 0x0000400f (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xed000000 - 0xed00ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xed012000 - 0xed012fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xed011000 - 0xed011fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xed010000 - 0xed010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xed014000 - 0xed014fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xed013000 - 0xed013fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[12] -1 0 0xeb000000 - 0xeb01ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c007 (0x8) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b803 (0x4) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b407 (0x8) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b003 (0x4) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac07 (0x8) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a47f (0x80) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x00004000 - 0x0000400f (0x10) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_clip.o": No symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_norm.o": No symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_xform.o": No symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_vertex.o": No symbols found
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extens version 0.2
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
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(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols found
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.o
(II) Module fbdev: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev, afb
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(EE) /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a is an unrecognized module type
(II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw"
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdevhw" (unknown module type, 6)
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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So there's a problem with fbdevhw. A quick google search reveals that this is a module for framebuffer device access...
If you boot up with I think knoppix won't try to load fbdevhw then, but then you won't have great graphics either. Better would be starting with
where you replace XXX by one of ati, fbdev, i810, mga, nv, radeon, savage, s3, radeon, svga (choose the one that matches you grapchips chipset)
Yet another option you could try is This uses a fixed mode.