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Knoppix Linux 5.01 or 5.1

by ridingoncloudz Jun 19, 2007 9:01AM PDT

I've downloaded my Knoppix and placed on CD by image file. I've been able to go online, and create documents and so forth. But i cannot view videos. I've gone to the site to download the Linux MPEG viewer so i can see www.youtube.com and so forth. When i try and launch the downloaded program for installation.. It's telling me that i need a password (maybe to make changes, or something) why would it ask for a password. And what is the password i'm looking for.

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by jackson dougless Jun 19, 2007 9:17AM PDT

Knoppix is typically run from the CD, which is read-only, so there'd be no way to install anything that isn't included with the base distribution.

You can install Knoppix onto a HDD, and if that's what you did, I'll suggest something you're bound to run into often in the Linux world. RTFM. There's bound to be information on what that password is in the Knoppix documentation if you look for it.

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by ridingoncloudz Jun 20, 2007 12:35AM PDT

I know that i'm running it off the CD when i use it. Haven't installed on hard drive. But when i'm downloading my program it won't let me install it. I'm just trying to install the program onto my hard drive. And it seems that i need a password for that.

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Doesn't work like that
by jackson dougless Jun 20, 2007 12:55AM PDT

You can't just run the operating system off the CD and then install programs to the HDD. For one, at the very least you need a filesystem that can be written to by Linux, so either one of its native filesystems or FAT32. That alone won't guarantee anything. You may end up having to edit the dynamic linker search path for some programs if installing manually, and you could only edit that file in memory, since it would be stored on the CD. Meaning you'd have to do this every time you booted the system with Knoppix.

And once again... If you are one of those people who just has to see it for themselves before they believe it... The password you're looking for is likely somewhere in the Knoppix documentation. I'd suggest you start reading. Windows support people are used to having to repeat themselves, and solve the same problem countless times... Linux support people tend not to like to duplicate effort... If the answer is in some documentation, they're going to tell you to read that. Many far less kindly than I.

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Try Linux ubuntu
by retired Jun 20, 2007 3:54AM PDT
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