Bugs/5.1.1CD
1) There are two problems with option label dos for loading FreeDos balder.img. There is no memdisk file in /boot/isolinux folder and the isolinux.cfg sintax is wrong
The correct syntax is
LABEL dos
KERNEL /boot/isolinux/memdisk
APPEND initrd=/boot/isolinux/balder.img
2) KNOPPIX incorrectly guesses that my serial mouse uses the "Microsoft" protocol, with the result that my mouse pointer hops around almost at random. It works correctly if I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf replacing the mouse protocol "Microsoft" with "MouseSystems" or "auto". Since the "auto" protocol would presumably work with a "Microsoft" mouse, too, that would seem to be a better default for KNOPPIX to use.
(see discussion by clicking "discussion" above)
Knoppix 5.1.1's knoppix-autoconfig script has an error with regard to "default" myconfig. In the case where knoppix has been remastered with knoppix.sh and configs.tbz in the CD root (/) the test for knoppix.sh is wrong. Line 1310 should be changed from: MYCONFIG="$(ls -1d /cdrom/KNOPPIX/[Kk][Nn][Oo][Pp][Pp][Ii][Xx].[Ss][Hh] 2>/dev/null)" To:
MYCONFIG="$(ls -1d /KNOPPIX/[Kk][Nn][Oo][Pp][Pp][Ii][Xx].[Ss][Hh] 2>/dev/null)" This will allow a default myconfig (e.g. if the myconfig= argument is not given) to detect the presence of the knoppix.sh script.
--Hanumant 16:04, 14 Jun 2007 (UTC)
Knoppix 5.1.1's knoppix-autoconfig script has an omission with regard to setting the timezone. The script set /etc/local time around line 557. It should also update the file /etc/timezone:
rm -f /etc/timezone echo "$TZ" > /etc/timezone
--Hanumant 16:06, 14 Jun 2007 (UTC)
3) rebuildfstab adds the following garbage to /etc/fstab on a system with no hard drive:
# Added by KNOPPIX noauto,users,exec 0 0
Here is a fix:
--- /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab.orig 2007-06-26 09:16:54.972750170 -0400 +++ /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab 2007-06-26 09:17:42.095435539 -0400 @@ -75,2 +75,3 @@ count=0 +scanpartitions | \ while read device mountpoint fstype relax; do @@ -98,5 +99,3 @@ echo "$device $mountpoint $fstype $options 0 0"; } -done >>"$TMP" <<EOT -$(scanpartitions) -EOT +done >>"$TMP"
--Johntobey 13:32, 26 Jun 2007 (UTC)