knoppix noswap No detection of swap partitions.
knoppix nousb No detection of USB devices.
knoppix nousb2 Disable extensions for USB 2.0.
knoppix pnpbios=off Don??™t initialize plug-and-play (PnP) in the BIOS.
knoppix failsafe Do almost no hardware detection.
Table 11-3 lists options that may help if you are having trouble with your video card. Several of
these options are particularly useful if you are having trouble with X on a laptop.
TABLE 11-3
Boot Options to Fix Video Problems
Option Result
knoppix screen=?? Pick X screen resolution. Replace ?? with 640 ?— 480, 800 ?— 600, 1024 ?— 768,
1280 ?— 1024, or any other resolution supported by your video card.
knoppix xvrefresh=60 Set vertical refresh rate to 60 Hz for X (or other value as specified by monitor??™s
manual).
knoppix xhrefresh=80 Set horizontal refresh rate to 80 Hz for X (or other value as specified by
monitor??™s manual).
knoppix xserver=?? Replace ?? with XFree86 or XF86_SVGA.
knoppix xmodule=?? Select the specific driver to use for your video card. Replace ?? with one of
the following: ati, fbdev, i810, mga, nv, radeon, savage, s3radeon,
svga, or i810.
knoppix 2 Run level 2, text mode only.
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TABLE 11-3 (continued)
Option Result
knoppix vga=normal No-framebuffer mode, but X.
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