ec wrote:
> The problem is I don't want to install debian/knoppix
> and ati's drivers need to be installed. I like running
> koppix off the cdrom and don't want some driver to
> damage the monitor from the I list that is loaded on
> the knoppix cd. 
> 
> I was hoping that someone would have had this
> experience and be able to tell me which of the ones
> listed on the cd work with this card and give is more
> functionality than the 'all' or more correctly I
> believe 'all generic' that it defaults to.
> 
> From my little experience, apparently it knows it is a
> radeon card from the below copy/paste from dmesg. But
> does it really get full function?? I haven't and wont
> for awhile, try installing on this machine as it is
> the orginal purchaser's backup machine for his new
> amd2600 box... at least 3 months more 'burn in' time
> for the new system he has.
> 
> 
> Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
> agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory:
> 203M
> agpgart: Detected Intel 440BX chipset
> agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe4000000
> [drm] AGP 0.99 aperture @ 0xe4000000 64MB
> [drm] Initialized radeon 1.7.0 20020828 on minor 0
> 
> The one thing is that in kde control center, it calls
> it an 'all' card and doesn't list the specific radeon
> driver..unless I am missing something. Also ATI's site
> lists a totally different driver number that the dmesg
> listing does. 
> 
> Just wondering. I know and have heard about 'wrong'
> drivers destroying monitors, and yes this old on is a
> real generic...never have figured out what it really
> is, but knoppix seems happy with whatever a jen001b
> is!!! The case says arcus and it is a 17 inch not 15
> that knoppix cd lists as monitors. Oh, well, what we
> get for messing around with junk!
> 
> The card is a radeon (in an ati box, not second
> source) 9000pro 128mb.
> 

Did you chec the Knoppix Cheat Codes to see if you could specify an X 
Driver?
http://download.linuxtag.org/knoppix/knoppix-cheatcodes.txt

 From that site I found this:
knoppix xmodule=radeon
You would type this at the SYSLINUX boot prompt (where you type 
"knoppix" or "knoppix 2" or something else)

Austin