running Knoppix

[Terry D. Cudney]

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
> 
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