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Re: [debian-knoppix] Help with Xserver/install problems



Am 16.02.2003 02:14:58, schrieb "Russell" <kafka@explorerflotte.de>:

>Greetings.  I am not new to Linux, but I am new to Knoppix.  I am having
>problems getting the CD to boot X.  I have a fairly old box:  AMD K6 III 350
>with 256megs of Sdram.  I am getting kernal panic and can only boot into

when does the kernel panic occour? do you already see the messages that
x is beeing started?

>command line.  I get "no suitable xserver found for your card" msg.  I also
>have an old Radio Shack video monitor which I suspect may be part of the
>problem, but I have no documentation for it.
>
>My Vid card is an old Diamond Stealth 2000, which is an Sverge.  I have used
>this card with RedHat, Mandrake, Debian Potatoe etc, with no problems, but I
>wasn't using this monitor.

that's probably not related to the monitor. please provide the output of
"lspci; lspci -n"
maybe your card is not yet in the hwdatabase. (or the x server crashes?)

chris


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