I tried Knoppix 3.9 on my laptop Compaq presario V6000. I get the first screen, asking me how to start, but when I press enter, I just get (after the message: Loading Linux) a black screen.
knoppix is now at version 5.3.x, so please ditch the version you have and download the new version (the new version will support newer hardware and have bug fixes etc)
* Name: KNOPPIX_V5.3.1DVD-2008-03-26-EN
* Info Hash: 396fcb0f80514a92306c2e8e00395fda8db36f9b
Quote:knoppix is now at version 5.3.x, so please ditch the version you have and download the new version (the new version will support newer hardware and have bug fixes etc)
* Name: KNOPPIX_V5.3.1DVD-2008-03-26-EN
* Info Hash: 396fcb0f80514a92306c2e8e00395fda8db36f9b