KNOPPIX/Math/English

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Q and A: Knoppix/math, icms2006 developer's meeting, DVD1.

Q. I cannot use apt-get to install software. A. Please set sources.list as follows. 

 su
 cp /etc/apt/sources.list.math /etc/apt/sources.list
 apt-get update
 apt-get  <<package name>>

Q. I cannot get full resolution on intel MacBookPro Parallels?

A. Edit /etc/xorg.conf, apparently one cannot change the color depth from the default of 16. To change resolution, add in the subsection corresponding to depth 16 the 1440x99 mode, as in the following example: 

  Section "Screen"
       Identifier "Screen0"
       Device     "Card0"
       Monitor    "Monitor0"
       DefaultColorDepth 16
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth     16
               Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
       EndSubSection

Q. I installed Debian KNOPPIX by knx2hd on my harddisk. However, the debian linux does not boot from the grub menu.

A. Edit the following line "root" in /boot/grub/menu.lst (file in your harddisk) before rebooting. 

 title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.17 Default
 root            (hd0,0)

For example, I changed (hd0,0) to (hd0,3) on my machine. The general rule is that if /dev/hdan is the root, the line should be (hd0,n-1). If you have already rebooted, use the "e"(edit) menu of grub and correct the value of "root". After booting, edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst on your harddisk as the above.

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