Hi Glen, 'apm' is "Advanced Power Management". Usually it is only for laptops with batteries to conserve battery life. If you're on a desktop without a battery, then probably you'd best disable 'apm'. Just my 0.02 worth... --terry On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:57:35AM -0600, Glenn Ervin at Home wrote: > Perhaps it is the hardware in my machine, but I get a problem loading > Knoppix. > It seems to detect my processor, ram, and drives, but it freezes and the > last thing it says is: > "loading APM driver" > or something like that. > It does the same thing weather I am using the DecTalk or the Artic > transport. > Any suggestions? > I have a P4 1.7 Processor, 256 ram, ATI all-in-wonder video card, SbLive > sound card, and an Ultra IDE card as well as a Trios drive selector card > installed. I also have an Ethernet card, but it came with Linux drivers, so > I am assuming it should work fine. > > Thanks. > > > Glenn > N0YJV GlennErvin at cableone.net > Work: gErvin at NCBvi.state.ne.us > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Name: Terry D. Cudney Phone: (705) 422-0039 E-mail: terry at braille.uwo.ca Web: wasaga.dyns.net Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like... having a peeing sectionin a swimming pool. Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html