Quote Originally Posted by krishna.murphy View Post
There has been some discussion of startup script errors here (in /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig.) I personally use a modified version to keep the timezone set between boots, as it would erase my /etc/timezone file.

Cheers!
Krishna
Having read knoppix-autoconfig there doesn't seem to be a reason why my settings don't work. I've written a simple script (setkbmap -model pc104 -layout gb) cribbed from the GUI which works as a stopgap until I can find a better solution.