Remastering Knoppix 5.11 cannot modify or change KDE menu

I've run into the same proplem as people reamstering earlier knoppix versions e.g 3.7

I can remaster the CD, add software change kde background, but the KDE menu, or even
adding files or shortcuts to the desktop and home folder (knoppix) refuse to change.

/etc/X11/Xsession.d/45xsession is overo 800 lines in Knoppix 5.11 and I'm not great
at shell programming


I cannot find where the k menu configuration is controlled from either.


I need to add a new folder containing links to shell scripts, this would be nice to include on the
KDE menu, or kicker or desktop so thanks in advance for any help.

Partial success!
Modifying line 80 of /etc/X11/Xsession.d/45xsession to include .config skips regenereation of the KDE menu. However not all
of my changes have been saved. Here is line 80 .config is included in the list {}

rsync -Ha --ignore-existing /etc/skel/{.config,.acrorc,.Xdefaults,.gimp*,.gconf*,.bashrc ,.nessus*,.links,.local,.lynx*,.qt,.xine,.xmms,tmp } $HOME/ 2>/dev/null

Investigation is continuing

Are you making your changes to the /home/knoppix directory?
If so - copy them to /etc/skel before creating the ISO.
The stuff in /etc/skel is copied over the home directory by the rsync command you quoted, so changes to /home/knoppix are lost.

Ok, Ive now remastered 5.11, with kde menus, colours and icons altered.
I followed the procedure in the wiki:

http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto

In section 2.6 , at step 6 I deviated from these instructions:
6. Copy /home/knoppix back to /etc/skel to keep the changes
*
mv /etc/skel /etc/skel-old
mv /home/knoppix /etc/skel
1. Set the owner back to root
*
chown root:root -R /etc/skel


This is my modified procedure:
I used the rsync command to synchronise all changes in /home/knoppix to /etc/skel with the following commands.
Exit chroot, then as root
rsync -a /mnt/hda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/home/knoppix/ /mnt/hda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/etc/skel/

chown root:root -R /mnt/hda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/etc/skel/
rm -rf /mnt/hda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/home/knoppix

(The /home/knoppix is created from the /etc/skel script which is why knoppix/ is deleted in the above command)
continue with the rest of the wiki procedure.

I have no idea why the wiki procedure failed for me, but the rsync command works and I am happy.
:D