This is an "FYI" posting.
It turns out the problem with the terminalserver manifests only if you are running "standalone" - that is, "off network" - and is caused by having no DNS.
The fix is, in fact, quite simple. You just have to put something in /etc/resolv.conf. Basically, anything will work. The easiest way to do this is to put:
echo nameserver 10.0.0.1 > /etc/resolv.conf
in knoppix.sh. This is safe, because if you do later get an IP addr via DHCP, it will overwrite it.
Still, I wish to know:
1) Why this came up now (didn't happen in earlier versions) ?
2) If it is possible to disable it (make tftpd not do the reverse DNS)

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