Re: Problem with 6.2 dvd
On Monday 26 April 2010 17:24:36 Klaus Knopper wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 04:36:05PM -0400, John Culleton wrote:
> > When I boot the 6.2 dvd knoppix the key combination <ctl><alt><f2> or
> > similar doesn't get me to a console. It works with other Linux
> > variants.
>
> If you have an NVidia card, the framebuffer will be broken (unless you
> use the proprietary driver). Please try booting with
>
> knoppix vga=normal
>
> in order to get a standard vga console. This should also allow you to
> switch between graphics mode and text console "like in other Linux
> variants". ;-)
>
> Another option would be using the vesa driver (knoppix vga=normal
> xmodule=vesa).
>
> Regards
> -Klaus Knopper
Exceellent! Now for my newly-minted hard disk install using the Own
package, how do I accomplish the same objective? Is it appropriate to
modify xorg.conf?
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