Hopefully giving an explanation for why I need the function will make the request just, thus spur replies. I am making an edition for doing non-intrusive searches of suspect computer systems in a law enforcement capacity. I would like to be able to have the clean login screen appear and give the user (investigator) different login environments depending on the different situations. I know how to accomplish this if I am doing a hard drive install of knoppix - then it becomes trivial. The hard part is trying to get this done on the cd boot. That said, as my original post indicated, I HAVE made one version and through I know not by what means, the CD boots to kdm. I can't see why it does in order to replicate it.

Clint