[KLUG Members] Problems with X After Install

[Kevin Wixson]

Sorry for double posting. I thought I wasn't getting through on the 
Novice list. I'll continue the conversation there, but if anyone has 
pointers and isn't on the Novice list, please let me know what you suggest.

Thanks,
-Kevin


Kevin Wixson wrote:

> I have installed Knoppix on computers before, and never had a problem.
> Now, I have this older computer I want to give away to a needy family
> and have Knoppix running on it, but the install is giving me trouble.
> The install completes, but I can't get it to boot into X, and once I log
> in at the text login prompt and type "startx" it blinks, coughs and then
> gives up with no X. I can't see anything in the messages that indicates
> the problem, but I'm not very good with this stuff.
>
> The computer is a Gateway, 350Mhz Pentium II with 128MB RAM and a 10GB
> HDD. I have a 500+MB swap partition configured. Knoppix 3.8.1 and 3.7
> both work beautifully when run from CD on this computer. I'm installing
> with the "Beginner" option of the knoppix-installer script, for a
> multi-user env. with hardware detection.
>
> Where do I start?
>
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