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NVidia graphics problems and setting up an FTP server.

Nvidia Graphics Card Problems

Hello Klaus:

I follow the Linux Magazine website, and I am a Knoppix n00b trying to figure out how to overcome some graphic/display configuration issues I am having. I am also an EnCase Examiner working on a troubleshooting issue. I am using the forensic LinEN v7.08 Live CD based on Knoppix v7.05.

The LinEN screen pops up perfectly fine, but once I get past that, I am unable to boot Knoppix (i.e., the screen goes blank). Therefore, I tried the following, per the recommendations offered on KNOPPIX.net [1]:

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