Hi Terry, Well, I did get Knoppix up and running with the addition of the following command to my initial command: apm=power-off But I have never used Linux before, so when I got in, all I knew how to do is type: man and I had to go through a list of hundreds of topics. Can you or someone else give an idea of some commands to try out? And if I need help in Linux, do I type the name of what I am looking for after the word man? Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry D. Cudney" <terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Glenn Ervin at Home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:47 PM Subject: Re: running Knoppix Hi Glen, On re-reading your original post, I don't think that the 'apm' is the reason your system isn't booting. If the 'apm' hardware isn't there (ie you aren't on a laptop with battery) 'apm' just won't do anything. I can't say what is causing your problem, but I doubt it's 'apm'. Once you get up and running though, I'd recommend disabling the module for 'apm' (or if it is not modular in knoppix, compiling a kernel to fit your hardware more exactly). One thing you won't need is 'apm', unles I'm missing something here and your hardware does indeed support it. hth, --terry On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 12:50:05PM -0600, Glenn Ervin at Home wrote: > Hi Terry, > Would that be a command line setting, or do you mean disable advanced power > management in the BIOS, assuming there is such a setting in my BIOS? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry D. Cudney" <terry at braille.uwo.ca> > To: "Glenn Ervin at Home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "Speakup is a screen > review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: running Knoppix > > > 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 > > -- 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
