XFdrake in knoppix

[scoopy]

I am venturing into my first other distro... knoppix 3.2... :)

I booted on my other system, but after seeing the display was a bit out of whack, I realized the old video card I have in there only ever ran on XFree 3.3.6 and the old s3v server.

 

In Mandrake I could run XFdrake to fix this, but is there a way I could I fix this running a knoppix CD that says it has XFree86 4.3?

 

tia

[pmpatrick]

You have to pass a boot parameter to it at the boot prompt when knoppix first boots up. Here's a common one that people try when they are having trouble with X in knoppix:

 

$ knoppix xserver=XF86_SVGA

 

Another one is "vga=normal". If you string them together, you only need to write "knoppix" once, eg:

 

$ knoppix xserver=XF86_SVGA vga=normal

 

Just leave a space between the boot options.

[bvc]

This tool is part of XFree86....try it.

root@localhost:/home/bvc# which xf86config

/usr/bin/X11/xf86config

root@localhost:/home/bvc#

[scoopy]

thanks, just gotta figure out the right boot option for my card now.

 

I was trying these from the faq, but I was trying from a terminal... didn't know the boot prompt was there till now. (it just auto booted before)

 

knoppix xmodule=vesa

or

knoppix xmodule=fbdev

 

added: I'll try bvc's suggestion too (we posted same time here)

[VeeDubb]

for other knoppix stuff, I found http:///www.knoppix.net/forum to be REALY helpfull. I did a hard drive install of knoppix (whitch turns it into debian) before coming to mandrake.

[bvc]

If the above doesn't work try

/usr/bin/X11/xf86cfg

 

I don't remember which on is the config, or maybe it's both and one's a symlink.....haven't needed it since slackware.

[scoopy]

Got the picture all cleared up now using a combo of your fixes.

which xf86config

or

which xf86cfg (both were there)

returned

/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config

So upon inspecting this folder, I found several options I could try.

knoppix xserver=XF86_S3V vga=normal

did the trick for my S3 ViRGE GX (385) card.

 

thanks again :D