--- eculbert <
eculbert@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Josef, and others.
>
> All knoppix, at least thru this summer, have
> memtest86
> on them. It is a small CLI type program with minimum
> graphics.
>
> To start it, put a knoppix disk (or any live and
> some
> install disks that have it on them) in and boot from
> it ONLY AT THE BOOT PROMPT enter the following:
> 'memtest' and hit the return/enter button!! It then
> starts the small routine to test the ram on your
> system.
>
>
>
//////////////////////
Second post by me.
I just uploaded to my webpage a .jpg of where it is on
the knoppix cdrom. Pardon the large font I use as I AM
having eyesight problems due to both glaucoma and
cataracts now.
http://www.geocities.com/eculbert/knoppix_boot_isolinux.jpg
This image is off of knoppix 5.0.1 2006-06-01
/////////
>
>
>
> --- Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>
> > .
> > My Mandriva 2006 system, which has been very
> stable
> > for several months,
> > just started to have a very strange, erratic
> > behavior. I have not made
> > any changes, and have not installed anything new
> > recently.
> >
> > When I move the mouse pointer over any one of the
> > four desktop boxes
> > on the status line, the system just goes crazy
> > flashing each of the
> > different desktop wallpaper images.
> >
> > When I move the mouse pointer over the start
> button,
> > the start menu
> > flashes on the screen and disappears, therefore I
> > cannot do anything
> > from the start menu.
> >
> > I was able to shutdown and restart by switching to
> a
> > different console,
> > but after rebooting, the problem remains the same.
>
> >
> > When I open a terminal window inside the GUI, I
> can
> > enter commands
> > as long as the result does not exceed the size of
> > the window, but if
> > it does, as in a directory listing with more than
> 20
> > lines then the
> > display goes crazy scrolling over and over without
> > stopping, so I have
> > to kill the window to get it to stop.
> >
> > I tried changing batteries in the wireless mouse
> but
> > that didn't help.
> >
> > What in the world might be causing this and how
> can
> > I fix it?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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