I install knoppix-5.1 to my hard drive, but (in the GUI only) I get a German keyboard layout. lang=us, xkeyboard=us are options in my GRUB menu.lst file, XkbLayout="us" is in my xorg.conf file. Does anyone know if this is a bug or does debian use a different config file for X.

Text mode logins present a US English keyboard.

Running the live CD (or USB stick, in my case) present the US English keyboard in both GUI and text modes.

This is a devilish bug since the "-" is replaced by the SS so I can't "su - root"; my root login is not accepted in the GUI(that's a mystery), so I can't easily change kdmrc; i.e., it's a mess!

Running the live version is not an option since I can't get the persistent function to work to save changes between sessions and there are many software packages I wish to change.

Thanks in advance.